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かつて、その村に、貧しい農夫がいた。

Sentence Analyzer

かつて その 貧しい 農夫 いた

English Translation

Once there was a poor farmer in the village.

Furigana

かつて、その(むら)に、(まず)しい農夫(のうふ)がいた。

Romanji

Katsute, sono mura ni, mazushii nōfu 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...
(むら)
village
()
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
貧しい (まずしい)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
農夫 (のうふ)
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
()
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)

Kanji

Readings: ソン、 むら
Meanings: village, town
Readings: ヒン、 ビン、 まず.しい
Meanings: poverty, poor
Reading: ノウ
Meanings: agriculture, farmers
Readings: フ、 フウ、 ブ、 おっと、 それ
Meanings: husband, man