あの城は大昔の時代に建てられた。

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あの 城 は 大昔 の 時代 に 建てられた 。

English Translation

That castle was built in ancient times.

Furigana

あの城(しろ)は大昔(おおむかし)の時代(じだい)に建(た)てられた。

Romanji

Ano shiro wa ōmukashi no jidai ni taterareta.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

城 (しろ)

castle

は (は)

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

大昔 (おおむかし)

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

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

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

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

建てる (たてる)

to build; to construct

Kanji

城

Readings: ジョウ、 しろ

Meaning: castle

大

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

昔

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 むかし

Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

建

Readings: ケン、 コン、 た.てる、 た.て、 -だ.て、 た.つ

Meaning: build