何百という人々がゴリラ財団研究所へ電話や手紙を下さいました。

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English Translation

Hundreds of people called or wrote to the Gorilla Foundation.

Furigana

何(なん)百(ひゃく)という人々(ひとびと)がゴリラ財団(ざいだん)研究所(けんきゅうじょ)へ電話(でんわ)や手紙(てがみ)を下(くだ)さいました。

Romanji

Nan hyaku toiu hitobito ga gorira zaidan kenkyūjo e denwa ya tegami o kudasaimashita.

Words

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

百 (ひゃく、もも、はく)

100; hundred

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

が (が)

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

ゴリラ (ゴリラ)

gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)

財団 (ざいだん)

foundation

研究所 (けんきゅうしょ、けんきゅうじょ)

research establishment; research institute; laboratory

へ (へ)

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

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

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.

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor