以前恐ろしい怪物が住んでいた。

以前恐ろしい怪物が住んでいた。

A hideous monster used to live there.

以前(いぜん)恐(おそ)ろしい怪物(かいぶつ)が住(す)んでいた。

Izen osoroshii kaibutsu ga sundeita.

以前 (いぜん)

ago; since; before; previous

恐ろしい (おそろしい)

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened; surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

怪物 (かいぶつ)

monster

が (が)

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

Readings: イ、もっ.て

Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with

Readings: ゼン、まえ、 -まえ

Meanings: in front, before

Readings: キョウ、おそ.れる、おそ.る、おそ.ろしい、こわ.い、こわ.がる

Meanings: fear, dread, awe

Readings: カイ、ケ、あや.しい、あや.しむ

Meanings: suspicious, mystery, apparition

Readings: ブツ、モツ、もの、もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

Readings: ジュウ、ヂュウ、チュウ、す.む、す.まう、 -ず.まい

Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit