昔々ある小さな島に年老いた王様が住んでいました。
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English Translation
        Long, long ago, there lived an old king on a small island.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Mukashi aru chiisana shima ni toshioita ōsama ga sundeimashita.
    
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                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)
        
    
            
                有る
            
            
                (ある)
            
        
        
            to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
        
    
            
                小さな
            
            
                (ちいさな)
            
        
        
            small; little; tiny
        
    
            
                島
            
            
                (しま)
            
        
        
            island; territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                年老いる
            
            
                (としおいる)
            
        
        
            to grow old
        
    
            
                王様
            
            
                (おうさま)
            
        
        
            king
        
    
            
                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
        
    Kanji
Readings: セキ、 シャク、 むかし
                        Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times
                    Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
                        Meanings: little, small
                    Readings: トウ、 しま
                        Meaning: island
                    Readings: ネン、 とし
                        Meanings: year, counter for years
                    Readings: ロウ、 お.いる、 ふ.ける
                        Meanings: old man, old age, grow old
                    Readings: オウ、 -ノウ
                        Meanings: king, rule, magnate
                    Readings: ヨウ、 ショウ、 さま、 さん
                        Meanings: Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
                    Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい
                        Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit