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When the cold winter began, the old man's health deteriorated.
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Vocabulary list

samui
i adjective
  1. cold (e.g. weather)
  2. uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
hajimaru

te-form

hajimatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to begin; to start; to commence
  2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
  3. to date (from); to originate (in)
kara
particle
  1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
  2. from (originator); by
  3. because; since (follows verbs, adjectives)
  4. out of (constituent, part)
  5. through (e.g. window, vestibule)
  6. after; since (following the te-form of a verb)
  7. expresses sympathy or warning
sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
  2. part (as in "part two") (preceding a number)
interjection
  1. um ...; er ...; uh ...
roujin
noun
  1. old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
karada
noun
  1. body (からだ is a gikun reading of 身体)
  2. torso; trunk
  3. build; physique; frame; figure
  4. health; constitution
  5. corpse; dead body
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
choushigakuruu

te-form

choushigakurutte
expression, godan verb
  1. to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to have something amiss
  2. to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind; to lose one's balance
choushi
noun
  1. tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm
  2. vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack
  3. condition; state of health
  4. impetus; spur of the moment; strain
  5. trend
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
kuruu

te-form

kurutte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go mad; to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to go insane
  2. to get out of order; to go amiss; to malfunction; to become imprecise
  3. to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through; to get mixed up
  4. to go crazy (over someone or something); to get enthusiastic; to go wild
Suffix after the te form of a verb
shimau

Plain Past Indicative Form

shimatta
auxiliary verb, godan verb
  1. to do completely; to finish (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do (after the -te form of a verb)

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