かつてその国には残酷な支配者がいた。

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かつてその国には残酷な支配者がいた。

English Translation

There was once a cruel ruler in the country.

Furigana

かつてその国(くに)には残酷(ざんこく)な支配者(しはいしゃ)がいた。

Romanji

Katsute sono kuni ni wa zankokuna shihaisha ga ita.

Words

嘗て (かつて、かって)

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

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

残酷 (ざんこく)

cruelty; harshness

支配者 (しはいしゃ)

governor; leader; ruler

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)