私の祖父は、私が少年のときに死んだ。

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私の祖父は、私が少年のときに死んだ。

English Translation

My grandfather died when I was boy.

Furigana

私(わたし)の祖父(そふ)は、私(わたし)が少年(しょうねん)のときに死(し)んだ。

Romanji

Watashi no sofu wa, watashi ga shōnen no tokini 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

祖父 (そふ、じじ、じい、おおじ、おじ、そぶ)

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

は (は)

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

が (が)

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

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

死ぬ (しぬ)

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