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昔、フットボールはギリシャでもローマでも人気がありました。

Sentence Analyzer

フットボール ギリシャ ローマ 人気 ありました

English Translation

In olden times, football was popular in both Greece and Rome.

Furigana

(むかし)、フットボールはギリシャでもローマでも人気(にんき)がありました。

Romanji

Mukashi, futtobo-ru wa Girisha de mo Ro-Ma de mo ninki ga arimashita.

Words

(むかし)
olden days; former
フットボール (フットボール)
football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
希臘 (ギリシャ、ギリシア)
Greece
(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.
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
羅馬 (ローマ)
Rome
人気 (にんき)
popularity; popular feeling; business conditions
()
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

Kanji

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 むかし
Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood