私は１４歳のときに、父をくも膜下出血で亡くした。

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English Translation

I lost my father to a subarachnoid haemorrhage when I was fourteen.

Furigana

私(わたし)は１４歳(さい)のときに、父(ちち)をくも膜下(くまか)出血(しゅっけつ)で亡(な)くした。

Romanji

Watashi wa ichi yon sai no tokini, chichi o kumomakuka shukketsu de nakushita.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

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

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

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.

出血 (しゅっけつ)

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

無くす (なくす)

to lose something; to get rid of; to lose someone (wife, child, etc.)