山田さん一家はこの下のアパートに住んでいる。

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English Translation

The Yamada's live in a flat below this one.

Furigana

山田(やまだ)さん一家(いっか)はこの下(した)のアパートに住(す)んでいる。

Romanji

Yamada san ikka wa kono shita no apa-to ni sundeiru.

Words

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

一家 (いっか、いっけ)

a house; a home; a family; a household; one's family; one's folks; a style

は (は)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

下 (した)

below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after; inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); trade-in; preliminary; preparatory

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

アパート (アパート)

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide