その大寺院の天井には宗教画が描かれていた。

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English Translation

The cathedral had a religious painting on its ceiling.

Furigana

その大(だい)寺院(じいん)の天井(てんじょう)には宗教画(しゅうきょうが)が描(えが)かれていた。

Romanji

Sono dai jiin no tenjō ni wa shūkyōga ga egakareteita.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

大 (おお)

big; large

寺院 (じいん)

temple

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

天井 (てんじょう)

ceiling; ceiling price

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

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

宗教画 (しゅうきょうが)

religious painting or picture

が (が)

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

描く (えがく、かく)

to draw; to paint; to sketch; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine; to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)