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

昔(むかし)々()ある小(ちい)さな島(しま)に年老(としお)いた王様(おうさま)が住(す)んでいました。

Romanji

Mukashi aru chiisana shima ni toshioita ōsama ga sundeimashita.

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)

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

昔

Readings: セキ、シャク、むかし

Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times

小

Readings: ショウ、ちい.さい、こ-、お-、さ-

Meanings: little, small

島

Readings: トウ、しま

Meaning: island

年

Readings: ネン、とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

老

Readings: ロウ、お.いる、ふ.ける

Meanings: old man, old age, grow old

王

Readings: オウ、 -ノウ

Meanings: king, rule, magnate

様

Readings: ヨウ、ショウ、さま、さん

Meanings: Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix

住

Readings: ジュウ、ヂュウ、チュウ、す.む、す.まう、 -ず.まい

Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit