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He died a few days before his hundredth birthday.
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Vocabulary list

kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
momotose
noun
  1. century; hundred years; a long time
momo
numeric
  1. 100; hundred (陌 and 佰 are used in legal documents)
tose
counter
  1. counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)
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
tanjoubi
noun
  1. birthday
tanjou
noun, suru verb
  1. birth; creation; formation
hi
noun
  1. day; days
  2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
  3. (the) day; daytime; daylight
  4. date; deadline
  5. (past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood)
  6. case (esp. unfortunate); event (as 〜した日には, 〜と来た日には, etc.)
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
suujitsu
noun
  1. few days
suu
prefix
  1. several; a number of
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. quantity; amount
noun
  1. counting; figures; numbers
  2. number; numeral; figure
  3. grammatical number
  4. destiny; fate; course of events; trend
nichi
noun
  1. Sunday
suffix
  1. day (of the month) (also んち or ち)
suffix, counter
  1. counter for days (also んち or ち)
noun, noun, used as a suffix, noun, used as a prefix
  1. Japan
maeni
adverb
  1. ahead; before; ago
mae
noun
  1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
noun, no adjective
  1. (the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line)
noun
  1. forward; ahead
  2. (in the) presence (of); in front (of someone)
no adjective
  1. previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example)
suffix
  1. portion; helping (after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb)
noun
  1. front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
  2. privates; private parts
  3. criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
nakunaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

nakunatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to die

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