もちを食べている時にのどに詰まらせて窒息死する老人がたくさんいる。

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English Translation

Many old people choke to death while eating mochi.

Furigana

もちを食(た)べている時(とき)にのどに詰(つ)まらせて窒息死(ちっそくし)する老人(ろうじん)がたくさんいる。

Romanji

Mochi o tabeteiru tokini nodo ni tsumarasete chissokushi suru rōjin ga takusan iru.

Words

黐 (もち、モチ)

birdlime; Nepal holly (Ilex integra)

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

喉 (のど、のんど、のみと、のみど)

throat; singing voice

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

詰まる (つまる)

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to narrow; to be at a loss; to be hard pressed; to end up; to be settled; to become a geminate consonant; to hit the ball near the handle of the bat

窒息死 (ちっそくし)

death by suffocation; death by choking

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

が (が)

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

沢山 (たくさん)

a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; enough; too many; too much

要る (いる)

to need; to want