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My mother was very weak from a long illness.
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Vocabulary list

watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
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
haha
noun
  1. mother (かか was used by children)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
nagai
i adjective
  1. long (distance, length)
  2. long (time); protracted; prolonged
byouki
noun, no adjective, suru verb
  1. illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. colds); disease; sickness
noun, no adjective
  1. weirdness; bad habit; bad behaviour; craziness; perversion
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.)
totemo
adverb
  1. very; awfully; exceedingly (とっても is more emphatic)
  2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot) (before a negative form)
yowaru

te-form

yowatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to weaken; to grow weak; to wane; to decline (of one's health)
  2. to be downcast; to be dejected; to be dispirited
  3. to be troubled; to be at a loss; to be perplexed; to be annoyed
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
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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