ある古城に１人の王様が住んでいました。

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ある古城に１人の王様が住んでいました。

English Translation

There lived a king in an old castle.

Furigana

ある古城(こじょう)に１人(にん)の王様(おうさま)が住(す)んでいました。

Romanji

Aru kojō ni ichi nin no ōsama ga sundeimashita.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

古城 (こじょう)

old castle; old fortress

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 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

王様 (おうさま)

king

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