行方不明になった王子の話というのは作り話だった。

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English Translation

The story of the lost prince was a fiction.

Furigana

行方(ゆくえ)不明(ふめい)になった王子(おうじ)の話(はなし)というのは作(つく)り話(ばなし)だった。

Romanji

Yukue fumei ni natta ōji no hanashi toiu no wa tsukuribanashi datta.

Words

行方 (ゆくえ)

(one's) whereabouts; outcome

不明 (ふめい)

unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; anonymous; unidentified; ignorant; lack of wisdom

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

王子 (おうじ)

prince

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

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

は (は)

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

作り話 (つくりばなし)

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative