村一番の金持ちだと言うジェームズ氏がいる。

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English Translation

There is Mr James who they say is the richest man in the village.

Furigana

村(むら)一(いち)番(ばん)の金持(かねも)ちだと言(い)うジェームズ氏(し)がいる。

Romanji

Mura ichi ban no kanemochi da to iu Jye-Muzu shi ga iru.

Words

村 (むら)

village

一 (いち)

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

番 (ばん)

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; lookout; bout; match

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

金持ち (かねもち)

rich person

だ (だ)

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

氏 (し)

Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people

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)