父は私が7歳のときに亡くなった。
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English Translation
        My father died when I was seven years old.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Chichi wa watashi ga nana sai no tokini nakunatta.
    
Words
            
                父
            
            
                (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)
            
        
        
            father
        
    
            
                は
            
            
                (は)
            
        
        
            topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
        
    
            
                私
            
            
                (わたし、わたくし)
            
        
        
            I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
        
    
            
                が
            
            
                (が)
            
        
        
            indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
        
    
            
                七
            
            
                (しち、なな、な)
            
        
        
            seven; hepta-
        
    
            
                歳
            
            
                (さい)
            
        
        
            -years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
        
    
            
                の
            
            
                (の)
            
        
        
            indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
        
    
            
                時に
            
            
                (ときに)
            
        
        
            by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally
        
    
            
                亡くなる
            
            
                (なくなる)
            
        
        
            to die