私の祖母は、口癖のように１００歳まで生きると言っていましたが、８５歳で亡くなりました。

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English Translation

My grandmother used to say that she would live to be a hundred, but she died at the age of 85.

Furigana

私(わたし)の祖母(そぼ)は、口癖(くちぐせ)のように１００歳(さい)まで生(い)きると言(い)っていましたが、８５歳(さい)で亡(な)くなりました。

Romanji

Watashi no sobo wa, kuchiguse no yōni ichi zero zero sai made ikiru to itteimashita ga, hachi go sai de nakunarimashita.

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

祖母 (そぼ、ばば、おおば、おば、うば)

grandmother

は (は)

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

口癖 (くちぐせ)

way of saying; favorite phrase; favourite phrase

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

一 (いち)

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

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

歳 (さい)

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

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

が (が)

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

八 (はち、や)

eight

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

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.

亡くなる (なくなる)

to die