父が死んでから五年目の歳月がたった。

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父 が 死んで から 五 年目 の 歳月 が たった 。

English Translation

Five years have gone by since my father died.

Furigana

父(ちち)が死(し)んでから五(ご)年目(ねんめ)の歳月(さいげつ)がたった。

Romanji

Chichi ga shinde kara go nenme no saigetsu ga tatta.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

が (が)

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

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

年目 (ねんめ)

-th year

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

歳月 (さいげつ、としつき)

time; years

起つ (たつ)

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

Kanji

父

Readings: フ、 ちち

Meaning: father

死

Readings: シ、 し.ぬ、 し.に-

Meanings: death, die

五

Readings: ゴ、 いつ、 いつ.つ

Meaning: five

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

目

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-

Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

歳

Readings: サイ、 セイ、 とし、 とせ、 よわい

Meanings: year-end, age, occasion, opportunity

月

Readings: ゲツ、 ガツ、 つき

Meanings: month, moon