昔、イングランドにたいへん意地の悪い王様が住んでいた。

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English Translation

Once there lived a very wicked king in England.

Furigana

昔(むかし)、イングランドにたいへん意地(いじ)の悪(わる)い王様(おうさま)が住(す)んでいた。

Romanji

Mukashi, Ingurando ni taihen iji no warui ōsama ga sundeita.

Words

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

イングランド (イングランド)

England

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

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

意地 (いじ)

stubborness; obstinacy; willpower; pride; disposition; nature; appetite; desire; greed

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

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

王様 (おうさま)

king

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