昔々、美しい少女が住んでいた。

昔々、美しい少女が住んでいた。

Once upon a time, there lived a pretty girl.

昔(むかし)々()、美(うつく)しい少女(しょうじょ)が住(す)んでいた。

Mukashi, utsukushii shōjo ga sundeita.

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)

美しい (うつくしい)

beautiful; lovely

少女 (しょうじょ、おとめ)

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

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

Readings: セキ、シャク、むかし

Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times

Readings: ビ、ミ、うつく.しい

Meanings: beauty, beautiful

Readings: ショウ、すく.ない、すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

Readings: ジョ、ニョ、ニョウ、おんな、め

Meanings: woman, female

Readings: ジュウ、ヂュウ、チュウ、す.む、す.まう、 -ず.まい

Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit