妻の思いがけない死は、５０年以上にわたる、幸福な夫婦生活に終止符をうった。

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English Translation

The untimely death of my wife has brought down the curtain on over 50 years of happily married life.

Furigana

妻(つま)の思(おも)いがけない死(し)は、５０年(ねん)以上(いじょう)にわたる、幸福(こうふく)な夫婦(ふうふ)生活(せいかつ)に終止符(しゅうしふ)をうった。

Romanji

Tsuma no omoigakenai shi wa, go zero nen ijō niwataru, kōfukuna fūfu seikatsu ni shūshifu o utta.

Words

妻 (つま)

wife; my dear; dear; honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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

思いがけない (おもいがけない)

unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual

死 (し)

death; decease; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)

は (は)

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (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

年 (とし)

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

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

幸福 (こうふく)

happiness; blessedness; joy; well-being

夫婦 (ふうふ、めおと、みょうと)

married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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

終止符 (しゅうしふ)

full stop; period; end

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.

撃つ (うつ)

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy; to avenge