昔々ある村にひとりの老人が住んでいた。

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昔々ある村にひとりの老人が住んでいた。

English Translation

Long, long ago, there lived an old man in a village.

Furigana

昔(むかし)々()ある村(むら)にひとりの老人(ろうじん)が住(す)んでいた。

Romanji

Mukashi aru mura ni hitori no rōjin ga sundeita.

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)

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

村 (むら)

village

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

一人 (ひとり、いちにん)

one person; alone; unmarried; solitary

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