昔、小さな島に老婆が住んでいました。

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昔 、 小さな 島 に 老婆 が 住んでいました 。

English Translation

Once there lived an old woman on a small island.

Furigana

昔(むかし)、小(ちい)さな島(しま)に老婆(ろうば)が住(す)んでいました。

Romanji

Mukashi, chiisana shima ni rōba ga sundeimashita.

Words

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

島 (しま)

island; territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf

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

老婆 (ろうば)

old woman

が (が)

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

昔

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 むかし

Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times

小

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-

Meanings: little, small

島

Readings: トウ、 しま

Meaning: island

老

Readings: ロウ、 お.いる、 ふ.ける

Meanings: old man, old age, grow old

婆

Readings: バ、 ばば、 ばあ

Meanings: old woman, grandma, wet nurse

住

Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい

Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit