当時は修道僧達が修道院でよくテニスをしていた。

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English Translation

Monks used to play tennis in monasteries.

Furigana

当時(とうじ)は修道(しゅうどう)僧達(そうたち)が修道院(しゅうどういん)でよくテニスをしていた。

Romanji

Tōji wa shūdō sōtachi ga shūdōin de yoku tenisu o shiteita.

Words

当時 (とうじ)

at that time; in those days

は (は)

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

修道 (しゅうどう)

learning; studying the fine arts

が (が)

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

修道院 (しゅうどういん)

monastery; convent; cloister; abbey

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

テニス (テニス)

tennis

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to