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その島しまには昔むかし、人ひと食くいの習しゅう慣かんがあったと言いわれている。

Span Details

pre-noun adjective, interjection

に

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

grammar

昔むかし、

old days; the past; a long time ago

noun, no-adjective, adverb

人ひと食くい

cannibalism; biting a person

noun, no-adjective

possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker

習しゅう慣かん

habit; customary behavior

-> あるgodan verb, auxiliary

past tense or completed action

called; named; that says; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

-> と言うexpression

passive, potential, or respect auxiliary

-> れる/られるgrammar

ongoing or resultant state