インドは大英帝国の支配下にあった。

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インドは大英帝国の支配下にあった。

English Translation

India was subject to the British Empire.

Furigana

インドは大(だい)英(えい)帝国(ていこく)の支配下(しはいか)にあった。

Romanji

Indo wa dai Ei teikoku no shihaika ni atta.

Words

印度 (インド)

India

は (は)

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

大 (おお)

big; large

英 (えい)

Britain; British

帝国 (ていこく)

empire; imperial

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

支配下 (しはいか)

under control (e.g. of territory)

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

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