昔はこの丘の上に小さな城があった。

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昔はこの丘の上に小さな城があった。

English Translation

There used to be a small castle on this hill.

Furigana

昔(むかし)はこの丘(おか)の上(うえ)に小(ちい)さな城(しろ)があった。

Romanji

Mukashi wa kono oka no ueni chiisana shiro ga atta.

Words

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

は (は)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

丘 (おか)

hill; height; knoll; rising ground; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

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

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

城 (しろ)

castle

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