湖のそばの小屋にひとりの老人が住んでいる。

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English Translation

There lives an old man in the hut by the lake.

Furigana

湖(みずうみ)のそばの小屋(こや)にひとりの老人(ろうじん)が住(す)んでいる。

Romanji

Mizuumi no soba no koya ni hitori no rōjin ga sundeiru.

Words

湖 (みずうみ)

lake

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

蕎麦 (そば、そばむぎ、そまむぎ)

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

小屋 (こや)

hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen

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

一人 (ひとり、いちにん)

one person; alone; unmarried; solitary

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

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