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