ある出来事を記念したり先祖の伝説を伝えるために建てられたものであった。

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English Translation

They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.

Furigana

ある出来事(できごと)を記念(きねん)したり先祖(せんぞ)の伝説(でんせつ)を伝(つた)えるために建(た)てられたものであった。

Romanji

Aru dekigoto o kinenshi tari senzo no densetsu o tsutaeru tameni taterareta mono de atta.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

出来事 (できごと、できこと)

incident; affair; happening; event

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.

記念 (きねん)

commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

先祖 (せんぞ)

ancestor

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

伝説 (でんせつ)

tradition; legend; folklore

伝える (つたえる)

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

建てる (たてる)

to build; to construct

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative