江戸時代には、観月の宴がとても人気だった。

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English Translation

In the Edo period, moon-viewing parties were very popular.

Furigana

江戸(えど)時代(じだい)には、観月(みづき)の宴(うたげ)がとても人気(にんき)だった。

Romanji

Edo jidai ni wa, Mizuki no utage ga totemo ninki datta.

Words

江戸 (えど)

old name of Tokyo

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

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

は (は)

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

観月 (かんげつ)

moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)

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

宴 (うたげ、えん)

party; banquet; feast

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)