「蝶々夫人」の舞台は長崎に置かれている。

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English Translation

'Madame Butterfly' is set in Nagasaki.

Furigana

「蝶々夫人(ちょうちょうふじん)」の舞台(ぶたい)は長崎(ながさき)に置(お)かれている。

Romanji

" Chōchōfujin" no butai wa Nagasaki ni okareteiru.

Words

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

舞台 (ぶたい)

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

は (は)

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

長崎 (ながさき、ナガサキ)

Nagasaki (city); atomic bombing of Nagasaki

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

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state