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むかしむか
昔々
、
うつく
美
しい
しょうじょ
少女
が
す
住
んでいた。
Once upon a time, there lived a pretty girl.
Conjugations and inflections
  住んでいた is the past form of the progressive form of 'mu' godan verb 住む   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
む か し む か し 0
Most common form: 昔昔
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
long ago; once upon a time
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う つ く し い 4
beautiful; lovely
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し ょ う じ ょ 1
noun
1. little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
2. female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading しょうじょ; this meaning is restricted to form 少女)
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す む 1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide  (see also: 棲む)
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Kanji
昔
セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
龷
キョウ   とも together   
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
美
ビ   うつくしい beautiful   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
住
ジュウ   すむ to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
主
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
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