Sūhyakunin no kōgisha ga tōri o senkyo shi, sono ato sūsennin ni fukureagatta.Hundreds of protesters took to the streets, then thousands.

megumi o tarerugive blessings

Haji no ōi shōgai o okutte kimashita.I have lived a greatly shameful life.

Piriodo wa, sutoppu ya furu sutoppu to mo ii, heijobun meireibun no owari ni tsukeru.A period, also called a stop or full stop, attaches to the end of a declarative or imperative sentence.