物語の始まりは小さな村だった

N3 物語 monogatari story, tale, narrative N3 始まり hajimari origin, beginning N5 小さな chiisana small, little N5 村 mura village

N4 物 butsu, motsu / mono, mono- thing, object, matter N5 語 go / kata.ru, kata.rau word, speech, language N4 始 shi / haji.meru, -haji.meru, haji.maru commence, begin, commencer N5 小 shou / chii.sai, ko-, o-, sa- little, small, petit N2 村 son / mura village, town, village

N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase N5 〜は wa Marks the topic of the sentence, indicates what the sentence is about, can contrast with another element, organizes main information