開拓民たちは谷間の土地が肥沃であることを知った。

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English Translation

The settlers learned that the land in the valley was fertile.

Furigana

開拓民(かいたくみん)たちは谷間(たにま)の土地(とち)が肥沃(ひよく)であることを知(し)った。

Romanji

Kaitakumintachi wa tanima no tochi ga hiyoku de aru koto o shitta.

Words

は (は)

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

谷間 (たにま、たにあい)

valley; ravine; chasm; dell; cleavage

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

土地 (とち、どおじ、どじ、どち)

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

が (が)

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

肥沃 (ひよく)

fertility; productive

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern