ある晩、ひとりの商人が帰り道にその坂を登っていた。

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English Translation

One night a merchant was walking up the slope on his way home.

Furigana

ある晩(ばん)、ひとりの商人(しょうにん)が帰(かえ)り道(みち)にその坂(さか)を登(のぼ)っていた。

Romanji

Aru ban, hitori no shōnin ga kaerimichi ni sono saka o nobotteita.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

晩 (ばん)

evening; counter for nights

一人 (ひとり、いちにん)

one person; alone; unmarried; solitary

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

商人 (しょうにん、あきんど、あきうど、あきゅうど、あきびと)

trader; shopkeeper; merchant

が (が)

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

帰り道 (かえりみち)

the way back or home; return trip

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

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...

坂 (さか)

slope; hill

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

上る (のぼる)

to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)