昔々貧しい男と金持ちの女がおりました。

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昔々貧しい男と金持ちの女がおりました。

English Translation

Once upon a time, there lived a poor man and a rich woman.

Furigana

昔(むかし)々()貧(まず)しい男(おとこ)と金持(かねも)ちの女(おんな)がおりました。

Romanji

Mukashi mazushii otoko to kanemochi no onna ga orimashita.

Words

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

々 (くりかえし、おなじ、おなじく、のま、どうのじてん)

repetition of kanji (sometimes voiced)

貧しい (まずしい)

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

金持ち (かねもち)

rich person

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

女 (おんな、おみな、おうな、うみな、おな)

female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman

が (が)

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

降りる (おりる)

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)