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A long time ago, there lived an old king on a small island.
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mukashi
no adjective, noun, adverb
  1. olden days; former
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aru
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be; to exist; to live (usu. of inanimate objects)
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to happen; to come about
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chiisana
pre-noun adjectival
  1. small; little; tiny
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shima
noun
  1. island
  2. one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
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ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
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toshioiru

Plain Past Indicative Form

toshioita
ichidan verb
  1. to grow old
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ousama
noun
  1. king
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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)
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sumu

te-form

sunde
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
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Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Polite Past Indicative Form

imashita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
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