祖父は祖母がぽっくり逝ってから急に老け込みました。

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English Translation

After Grandma's sudden death, Grandpa began to age rapidly.

Furigana

祖父(そふ)は祖母(そぼ)がぽっくり逝(い)ってから急(きゅう)に老(ふ)け込(こ)みました。

Romanji

Sofu wa sobo ga pokkuri itte kara kyū ni fukekomimashita.

Words

祖父 (そふ、じじ、じい、おおじ、おじ、そぶ)

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

は (は)

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

祖母 (そぼ、ばば、おおば、おば、うば)

grandmother

が (が)

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

ぽっくり (ぽっくり)

(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

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

急 (きゅう)

urgent; sudden; abrupt; sharp; steep; precipitous; rapid; swift; fast; emergency; crisis; hurrying; haste; (in gagaku or noh) end of a song

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

老け込む (ふけこむ)

to age; to become old