小説はおとぎ話や神話と同じぐらい古い。

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小説はおとぎ話や神話と同じぐらい古い。

English Translation

Fiction is as old as fairy tales and myths.

Furigana

小説(しょうせつ)はおとぎ話(ばなし)や神話(しんわ)と同(おな)じぐらい古(ふる)い。

Romanji

Shōsetsu wa otogibanashi ya shinwa to onaji gurai furui.

Words

小説 (しょうせつ)

novel; (short) story

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

おとぎ話 (おとぎばなし)

fairy-tale; nursery-tale

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

神話 (しんわ)

myth; legend

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

同じ (おなじ、おんなじ)

same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

古い (ふるい)

old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article