老年は死に取り巻かれている島である。
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English Translation
        Old age is an island surrounded by death.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Rōnen wa shi ni torimakareteiru shima de aru.
    
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                老年
            
            
                (ろうねん)
            
        
        
            old age
        
    
            
                は
            
            
                (は)
            
        
        
            topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
        
    
            
                死
            
            
                (し)
            
        
        
            death; decease; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                取り巻く
            
            
                (とりまく)
            
        
        
            to surround; to circle; to enclose
        
    
            
                島
            
            
                (しま)
            
        
        
            island; territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf
        
    
            
                だ
            
            
                (だ)
            
        
        
            be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
        
    
            
                或
            
            
                (ある)
            
        
        
            a certain ...; some ...
        
    Kanji
Readings: ロウ、 お.いる、 ふ.ける
                        Meanings: old man, old age, grow old
                    Readings: ネン、 とし
                        Meanings: year, counter for years
                    Readings: シ、 し.ぬ、 し.に-
                        Meanings: death, die
                    Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
                        Meanings: take, fetch, take up
                    Readings: カン、 ケン、 ま.く、 まき、 ま.き
                        Meanings: scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)
                    Readings: トウ、 しま
                        Meaning: island