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Sentence #275769

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 boscowitch boscowitch January 8, 2012 January 8, 2012 at 6:31:36 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I would translate it as:
A lot of people were drowned.

大勢(P); 大ぜい 【おおぜい(P); たいぜい】 (n,adj-no) many; crowd; great number of people;

the japanese sentence also misses a furigana misstake tag.

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