私の友達は怪我が元で死んだ。

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私の友達は怪我が元で死んだ。

English Translation

My friend died from a wound.

Furigana

私(わたし)の友達(ともだち)は怪我(けが)が元(もと)で死(し)んだ。

Romanji

Watashi no tomodachi wa kega ga moto de shinda.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

友達 (ともだち)

friend; companion

は (は)

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

怪我 (けが)

injury (to animate object); hurt

が (が)

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

元 (もと)

former; ex-

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.

死ぬ (しぬ)

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