部
Components

Example details

 
むかしむかし
昔々
ある
ところ
所
に
うつく
美
しい
お
ひめさま
姫様
が
す
住
んでいました
。
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
You can find a detailed explanation of this sentence in the Joy o' Kanji essay on 姫   VIEW
Words
む か し む か し 0
Most common form: 昔昔
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
long ago; once upon a time
(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
あ る 1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
(click the word to view an additional 3 meanings and 2 forms, examples and links)
う つ く し い 4
beautiful; lovely
(click the word for examples and links)
お ひ め さ ま 2
noun
1. princess  (honorific)
2. spoiled girl; hothouse flower
(click the word to view an additional 1 reading, 1 meaning and 3 forms, examples and links)
す む 1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide  (see also: 棲む)
(click the word for examples and links)
Kanji
昔
セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
龷
キョウ   とも together   
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
所
ショ   ところ place   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
斤
キン   axe
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
戸
コ   と door   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
尸
corpse
美
ビ   うつくしい beautiful   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
姫
ひめ princess   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
臣
シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
様
ヨウ   さま Mr / Mrs   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
水
スイ   みず water   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
丨
stick   
住
ジュウ   すむ to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
主
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
王
オウ    king   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
Flashcards
Please LOG IN for free flashcards
More info on this sentence: Google Japan ⇗ Sentence translate
Problem with this example? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×