昔は日本のどんな川にもたくさんの魚がいました。

Sentence Analyzer

昔 は 日本 の どんな 川 に も たくさん の 魚 が いました 。

English Translation

There used to be a lot of fish in any river in Japan.

Furigana

昔(むかし)は日本(にっぽん)のどんな川(かわ)にもたくさんの魚(さかな)がいました。

Romanji

Mukashi wa Nippon no donna kawa ni mo takusan no sakana ga imashita.

Words

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

どんな (どんな)

what; what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

沢山 (たくさん)

a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; enough; too many; too much

魚 (さかな、うお)

fish

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

Kanji

昔

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 むかし

Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

川

Readings: セン、 かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

魚

Readings: ギョ、 うお、 さかな、 -ざかな

Meaning: fish