彼がそろそろ世間のことがわかりかけてきた頃には両親はすでに亡くなっていた。

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English Translation

By the time he was ready to cut his eye-teeth his parents were already dead.

Furigana

彼(かれ)がそろそろ世間(せけん)のことがわかりかけてきた頃(ころ)には両親(りょうしん)はすでに亡(な)くなっていた。

Romanji

Kare ga sorosoro seken no koto ga wakarikaketekita koroni wa ryōshin wa sudeni nakunatteita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

そろそろ (そろそろ、そろっと)

slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly; soon; momentarily; before long; any time now

世間 (せけん)

world; society

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

は (は)

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

両親 (りょうしん、ふたおや)

parents; both parents

既に (すでに、すんでに)

already; too late

亡くなる (なくなる)

to die