夏休みには旅行者が軽井沢へ押し寄せた。

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夏休み に は 旅行者 が 軽井沢 へ 押し寄せた 。

English Translation

Tourists poured into Karuizawa during the summer vacation.

Furigana

夏休(なつやす)みには旅行者(りょこうしゃ)が軽井沢(かるいざわ)へ押(お)し寄(よ)せた。

Romanji

Natsuyasumi ni wa ryokōsha ga Karuizawa e oshiyoseta.

Words

夏休み (なつやすみ)

summer vacation; summer holiday

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

は (は)

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

旅行者 (りょこうしゃ)

traveller; traveler

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

押し寄せる (おしよせる)

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside

Kanji

夏

Readings: カ、 ガ、 ゲ、 なつ

Meaning: summer

休

Readings: キュウ、 やす.む、 やす.まる、 やす.める

Meanings: rest, day off, retire, sleep

旅

Readings: リョ、 たび

Meanings: trip, travel

行

Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう

Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank

者

Readings: シャ、 もの

Meanings: someone, person

軽

Readings: ケイ、 かる.い、 かろ.やか、 かろ.んじる

Meanings: lightly, trifling, unimportant

井

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い

Meanings: well, well crib, town, community

沢

Readings: タク、 さわ、 うるお.い、 うるお.す、 つや

Meanings: swamp, marsh, brilliance, grace

押

Readings: オウ、 お.す、 お.し-、 お.っ-、 お.さえる、 おさ.える

Meanings: push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

寄

Readings: キ、 よ.る、 -よ.り、 よ.せる

Meanings: draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward