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He wishes to resign on the grounds that his health is failing.
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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
kenkou
noun
  1. health
na adjective
  1. healthy; sound; fit; wholesome
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)
otoroeru

masu stem

otoroe
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away
tsutsuaru
suffix, godan verb (irregular)
  1. to be doing; to be in the process of doing (with -masu stem)
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
tsutsu
particle
  1. while (after the -masu stem of a verb)
aru
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be; to exist; to live (usu. of inanimate objects)
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to happen; to come about
toiu
expression
  1. called; named; that says; that
  2. as many as; as much as (after a quantity)
  3. all ...; every single ... (as ...という...)
riyuu
noun
  1. reason; pretext; motive
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
jishoku
noun, suru verb
  1. resignation
shitagaru

te-form

shitagatte
expression, godan verb
  1. to wish (to do); to desire; to want
  2. to be ready; to be eager
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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