兄が急逝したのは２年前、義姉は一人兄の遺した小さな宝飾店を健気に守ってきた。

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English Translation

Since my brother died suddenly two years ago, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept going the small jewellery store he left her.

Furigana

兄(あに)が急逝(きゅうせい)したのは２年(ねん)前(まえ)、義姉(ぎし)は一(いち)人兄(にんけい)の遺(のこ)した小(ちい)さな宝飾店(ほうしょくてん)を健気(けなげ)に守(まも)ってきた。

Romanji

Ani ga kyūseishita no wa ni nen mae, gishi wa ichi ninkei no nokoshita chiisana hōshokuten o kenage ni mamottekita.

Words

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

が (が)

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

急逝 (きゅうせい)

sudden death

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

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

義姉 (ぎし、あね)

sister-in-law (elder); stepsister (elder)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

残す (のこす)

to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

宝飾店 (ほうしょくてん)

jewellers

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.

健気 (けなげ)

brave; gallant; courage; manly; heroic; praiseworthy; industrious; pure; lovable

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

守る (まもる)

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow