友人の父親が急死したのを大変気の毒に思った。

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English Translation

I felt very sorry about the sudden death of my friend's father.

Furigana

友人(ゆうじん)の父親(ちちおや)が急死(きゅうし)したのを大変(たいへん)気(き)の毒(どく)に思(おも)った。

Romanji

Yūjin no chichioya ga kyūshishita no o taihen kinodoku ni omotta.

Words

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

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

父親 (ちちおや)

father

が (が)

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

急死 (きゅうし)

sudden death

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.

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

気の毒 (きのどく)

pitiful; unfortunate; (a) pity

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

思う (おもう)

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