私は息子を約十年前に亡くした。

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私は息子を約十年前に亡くした。

English Translation

I lost my son about a decade ago.

Furigana

私(わたし)は息子(むすこ)を約(やく)十(じゅう)年(ねん)前(まえ)に亡(な)くした。

Romanji

Watashi wa musuko o yaku jū nen mae ni 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

息子 (むすこ、そく)

son; penis

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.

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

十 (じゅう、とお、と)

ten

年 (とし)

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

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

無くす (なくす)

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