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昔はかどに食料品店があったものだ。

Sentence Analyzer

はかど 食料品店 あった もの

English Translation

There used to be a grocery store around the corner.

Furigana

(むかし)はかどに食料品店(しょくりょうひんてん)があったものだ。

Romanji

Mukashi hakado ni shokuryōhinten ga atta mono da.

Words

(むかし)
olden days; former
捗る (はかどる)
to make progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
()
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
食料品店 (しょくりょうひんてん)
grocer; grocery store
()
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
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 むかし
Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Reading: リョウ
Meanings: fee, materials
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop