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むかし
昔
は
きんじょ
近所
に
びじゅつかん
美術館
がありました。
There used to be an art museum in this neighborhood.
Grammar and points of interest
がいる / がいます and がある / があります がいる / がいます and がある / があります
 
there is, existence; possession
昔は近所に美術館がありました。
〜にあります 〜にあります
 
saying where something is; ~ is located in/at/on
昔は近所に美術館がありました。
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particle に particle に
 
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昔は近所に美術館がありました。
Conjugations and inflections
  ありました is the polite past form of irregular 'ru' godan verb ある   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
む か し 0
1. the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago; ~ ago
noun
2. the past ten years; the past decade  (see also: ふた昔; used as a unit of time)
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き ん じ ょ 1
neighbourhood; neighborhood
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び じ ゅ つ か ん 3 び じ ゅ つ か ん 2
noun
art gallery; art museum
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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)
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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   
近
キン   ちかい close   
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斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
⻌
move
所
ショ   ところ place   
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戸
コ   と door   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
尸
corpse
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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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
術
ジュツ    technique   
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朮
dotted ho
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丶
dot   
ホ
katakana 'ho'; tree
行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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彳
step
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
館
カン    building   やかた castle, mansion   
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官
カン    bureaucrat   
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㠯
two mouths
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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宀
roof   
飠
eat; food
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