彼があのように年若くして死んだのは、本当に惜しいと思う。

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

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

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

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

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

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

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

really; truly

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; valuable; too good for; deserving better; almost but not quite

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember