昔々一人の老人が住んでおりました。

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昔々一人の老人が住んでおりました。

English Translation

Once upon a time, there lived an old man.

Furigana

昔(むかし)々()一(いち)人(にん)の老人(ろうじん)が住(す)んでおりました。

Romanji

Mukashi ichi nin no rōjin ga sundeorimashita.

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)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

が (が)

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide