昔ある小さな島に年老いた王様が住んでいました。

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ある 小さな 年老いた 王様 住んでいました

English Translation

A long time ago, there lived an old king on a small island.

Furigana

(むかし)ある(ちい)さな(しま)年老(としお)いた王様(おうさま)()んでいました。

Romanji

Mukashi aru chiisana shima ni toshioita ōsama ga sundeimashita.

Words

(むかし)
olden days; former
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
小さな (ちいさな)
small; little; tiny
(しま)
island; territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf
()
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
年老いる (としおいる)
to grow old
王様 (おうさま)
king
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
住む (すむ)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

Kanji

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 むかし
Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: トウ、 しま
Meaning: island
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ロウ、 お.いる、 ふ.ける
Meanings: old man, old age, grow old
Readings: オウ、 -ノウ
Meanings: king, rule, magnate
Readings: ヨウ、 ショウ、 さま、 さん
Meanings: Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい
Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit