ダムの下流に水車小屋があった。

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ダムの下流に水車小屋があった。

English Translation

There was a water mill below the dam.

Furigana

ダムの下流(かりゅう)に水車(すいしゃ)小屋(こや)があった。

Romanji

Damu no karyū ni suisha koya ga atta.

Words

ダム (ダム)

dam; dumb

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

下流 (かりゅう)

downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes

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

水車 (すいしゃ、みずぐるま)

water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; violent wielding of weapons

小屋 (こや)

hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about