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Grandmother is bent double with age.
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Vocabulary list

sobo
noun, no adjective
  1. grandmother
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
rourei
noun, no adjective
  1. advanced age; senility
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.)
koshi
noun
  1. lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region
  2. body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring (usu. コシ)
gaku
noun
  1. (picture) frame; framed picture
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. amount (esp. of money); sum
gaku
noun
  1. jaw; chin
  2. barb (of a fishhook)
gaku
noun
  1. learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education
noun, used as a suffix
  1. study of ...; -ology; -ics
gaku
noun
  1. music
  2. old Japanese court music; gagaku
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
ji
noun
  1. character (esp. kanji); letter; written text
  2. handwriting; penmanship
  3. the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love") (as 〜の字)
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
magaru

te-form

magatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist
  2. to turn
  3. to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked
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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