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He would sooner die than get up early every morning.
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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
maiasa
noun, adverb
  1. every morning
hayai

Adverbial Form

hayaku
i adjective
  1. fast; quick; hasty; brisk (esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い)
  2. early (in the day, etc.); premature (esp. 早い)
  3. (too) soon; not yet; (too) early (esp. 早い)
  4. easy; simple; quick (esp. 早い)
okiru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)
  2. to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake
  3. to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place
kurainara
expression, auxiliary
  1. rather than (do ...) (usu. after verb)
kurai
suffix, particle
  1. approximately; about; around; or so (also written as 位)
  2. to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least
  3. as ... as ...; like
nara
auxiliary
  1. if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that (hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle)
  2. as for; on the topic of
conjunction
  1. if that's the case; if so; that being the case
  2. if possible; if circumstances allow
shinu

Plain Past Indicative Form

shinda
godan verb, irregular nu verb, intransitive verb
  1. to die; to pass away
  2. to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
  3. to cease; to stop
hougamashi
hougamashi
expression
  1. I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
hou
noun
  1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
  2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part (often 私の方, あなたの方, etc.)
  3. type; category
  4. field (of study, etc.)
  5. indicates one side of a comparison
  6. way; method; manner; means
  7. length (of each side of a square)
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)
mashi
mashi
na adjective
  1. better; preferable; less objectionable; least-worst (esp. マシ)
noun, used as a suffix
  1. more; increase; extra
noun
  1. increase; growth
da
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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