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Zach

かつて残忍な王様がいた。

Sentence Analyzer

かつて 残忍な 王様 いた

English Translation

Once upon a time, there lived a cruel king.

Furigana

かつて残忍(ざんにん)王様(おうさま)がいた。

Romanji

Katsute zanninna ōsama ga ita.

Words

嘗て (かつて、かって)
once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened
残忍 (ざんにん)
cruelty; atrocity; brutality
王様 (おうさま)
king
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
居る (いる)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

Kanji

Readings: ザン、 サン、 のこ.る、 のこ.す、 そこな.う、 のこ.り
Meanings: remainder, leftover, balance
Readings: ニン、 しの.ぶ、 しの.ばせる
Meanings: endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak
Readings: オウ、 -ノウ
Meanings: king, rule, magnate
Readings: ヨウ、 ショウ、 さま、 さん
Meanings: Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix