父は桜の花が満開のころ亡くなった。

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父は桜の花が満開のころ亡くなった。

English Translation

My father died when the cherry blossoms were at their best.

Furigana

父(ちち)は桜(さくら)の花(はな)が満開(まんかい)のころ亡(な)くなった。

Romanji

Chichi wa sakura no hana ga mankai no koro 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

桜 (さくら、サクラ)

cherry tree; cherry blossom; decoy; fake buyer; shill; hired applauder; horse meat

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

花 (はな)

flower; blossom; bloom; petal; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; Japanese playing cards; beauty; (the) best

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

満開 (まんかい)

full bloom

ころ (ころ)

roller; runner; dried whale blubber

亡くなる (なくなる)

to die