ジョンのおばあさんは長い間病に伏せていたが、亡くなった。

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English Translation

John's grandmother passed away after a long illness.

Furigana

ジョンのおばあさんは長(なが)い間病(まびょう)に伏(ふ)せていたが、亡(な)くなった。

Romanji

Jon no obāsan wa nagai mabyō ni fuseteita ga, nakunatta.

Words

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

お祖母さん (おばあさん)

grandmother; female senior-citizen

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

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

伏せる (ふせる)

to lay something upside down; to turn something over; to lay something face down; to cover; to lay (pipes); to lay (an ambush); to hide; to conceal

が (が)

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

亡くなる (なくなる)

to die