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Once upon a time, there lived a poor man and a rich woman.
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Vocabulary list

mukashi
no adjective, noun, adverb
  1. olden days; former
mazushii
i adjective
  1. poor; needy
  2. lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
otoko
noun, noun, used as a prefix
  1. man; male
noun
  1. fellow; guy; chap; bloke
  2. male lover; boyfriend; man
  3. manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
kanemochi
noun
  1. rich person
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
onna
noun, noun, used as a prefix
  1. female; woman; female sex (can be blunt when used alone)
noun
  1. female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
oru

Polite Past Indicative Form

orimashita
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be (animate); to be; to exist
godan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ..ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
  2. to (have the audacity to) do (after -masu base of verb; indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions)

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