家のない人々は夕立の雨宿りをする場所を探した。

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English Translation

The homeless sought shelter from a shower.

Furigana

家(いえ)のない人々(ひとびと)は夕立(ゆうだち)の雨宿(あまやど)りをする場所(ばしょ)を探(さが)した。

Romanji

Ie no nai hitobito wa yūdachi no amayadori o suru basho o sagashita.

Words

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

夕立 (ゆうだち)

(sudden) evening shower (rain)

雨宿り (あまやどり)

taking shelter from rain

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

場所 (ばしょ)

place; location; spot; position; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

探す (さがす)

to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)