若いとき両親が死んだので、叔父さんが彼を育てた。

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English Translation

Because his parents had died when he was young, his uncle brought him up.

Furigana

若(わか)いとき両親(りょうしん)が死(し)んだので、叔父(おじ)さんが彼(かれ)を育(そだ)てた。

Romanji

Wakai toki ryōshin ga shinda node, ojisan ga kare o sodateta.

Words

若い (わかい)

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

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

両親 (りょうしん、ふたおや)

parents; both parents

が (が)

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

死ぬ (しぬ)

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

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

伯父さん (おじさん、オジサン)

uncle; old man; mister (vocative); manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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.

育てる (そだてる)

to raise; to rear; to bring up; to train; to teach; to educate; to promote the growth of...; to nurture; to foster; to develop