昔そこのかどに郵便局があった。

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昔そこのかどに郵便局があった。

English Translation

There was a post office on this corner once.

Furigana

昔(むかし)そこのかどに郵便局(ゆうびんきょく)があった。

Romanji

Mukashi soko no ka do ni yūbinkyoku ga atta.

Words

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

其処 (そこ)

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); you

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

ど (ど、どう、ド)

precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much; damn; stupid; cursed

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

郵便局 (ゆうびんきょく)

post office

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