昔むかしずっと田舎の静かな所に小さいおうちがありました。

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English Translation

Once upon a time, there was a pretty little house way out in the country.

Furigana

昔(むかし)むかしずっと田舎(いなか)の静(しず)かな所(ところ)に小(ちい)さいおうちがありました。

Romanji

Mukashi mukashi zutto inaka no shizukana tokoroni chiisai o uchi ga arimashita.

Words

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

田舎 (いなか)

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

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

静か (しずか)

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

小さい (ちいさい)

small; little; tiny

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

家 (うち、ち)

house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household

が (が)

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

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