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昔この習慣は日本中で普及していた。

Sentence Analyzer

この 習慣 日本 普及していた

English Translation

These customs used to prevail all over Japan.

Furigana

(むかし)この習慣(しゅうかん)日本(にっぽん)(ちゅう)普及(ふきゅう)していた。

Romanji

Mukashi kono shūkan wa Nippon Chū de fukyūshiteita.

Words

(むかし)
olden days; former
此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
習慣 (しゅうかん)
habit; custom; cultural practice
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
(ちゅう)
medium; average; middle; moderation; middle school; China; in; out of (e.g. three out of ten people); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something); under (construction, etc.); while
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
普及 (ふきゅう)
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

Kanji

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 むかし
Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times
Readings: シュウ、 ジュ、 なら.う、 なら.い
Meaning: learn
Readings: カン、 な.れる、 な.らす
Meanings: accustomed, get used to, become experienced
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: フ、 あまね.く、 あまねし
Meanings: universal, wide(ly), generally, Prussia
Readings: キュウ、 およ.ぶ、 およ.び、 および、 およ.ぼす
Meanings: reach out, exert, exercise, cause