父は４０歳になるまでに完全にはげていた。

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English Translation

My father was completely bald by the time he was forty.

Furigana

父(ちち)は４０歳(さい)になるまでに完全(かんぜん)にはげていた。

Romanji

Chichi wa yon zero sai ni naru made ni kanzen ni hageteita.

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

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

完全 (かんぜん)

perfection; completeness

禿げる (はげる、ハゲる)

to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)