最近彼が亡くなった。

最近彼が亡くなった。

He died recently.

最近(さいきん)彼(かれ)が亡(な)くなった。

Saikin kare ga nakunatta.

最近 (さいきん)

most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

亡くなる (なくなる)

to die

Readings: サイ、シュ、もっと.も、つま

Meanings: utmost, most, extreme

Readings: キン、コン、ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

Readings: ボウ、モウ、な.い、な.き-、ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす

Meanings: deceased, the late, dying, perish