私が共に育った友人の３分の１が亡くなっている。

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English Translation

One third of the friends I grew up with are dead.

Furigana

私(わたし)が共(とも)に育(そだ)った友人(ゆうじん)の３分(ぶん)の１が亡(な)くなっている。

Romanji

Watashi ga tomoni sodatta yūjin no san bunno ichi ga nakunatteiru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

共に (ともに)

together; jointly; at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with; both

育つ (そだつ)

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

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

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

分の (ぶんの)

-th (e.g. one fifth)

一 (いち)

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

亡くなる (なくなる)

to die