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The untimely death of my wife has brought down the curtain on over 50 years of happily married life.
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Vocabulary list

tsuma
noun
  1. wife
  2. my dear; dear; honey
  3. garnish (esp. one served with sashimi)
  4. embellishment
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
omoigakenai
i adjective (negative)
  1. unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
shi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. death; decease
  2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)
noun
  1. (an) out
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
gojuunen
  1. fifty years; 50 years
gojuu
numeric
  1. fifty; 50
nen
noun
  1. year
counter
  1. counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)
noun
  1. period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
ijou
noun, adverb
  1. not less than; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
  2. beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than
no adjective, noun, adverb
  1. above-mentioned; aforementioned; foregoing
noun, adverb
  1. since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...
expression
  1. that's all; that is the end; the end
koufuku
noun, na adjective
  1. happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
na
particle
  1. don't (prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb)
  2. do (imperative (from なさい); used with -masu stem of verb)
interjection
  1. hey; listen; you
particle
  1. now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know (when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end)
  2. wow; ooh (used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end)
fuufuseikatsu
noun
  1. married life
fuufu
noun
  1. married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
noun, used as a prefix
  1. his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
seikatsu
noun, suru verb
  1. living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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
shuushifuwoutsu

Plain Past Indicative Form

shuushifuwoutta
expression, godan verb
  1. to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
shuushifu
noun
  1. full stop; period
  2. end
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
utsu

Plain Past Indicative Form

utta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound (also written as 拍つ, 搏つ, 撲つ, 擣つ)
  2. to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
  3. to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
  4. to move; to impress; to touch
  5. to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to vaccinate
  6. to type; to send; to transmit
  7. to insert; to write in; to mark
  8. to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
  9. to till (soil)
  10. to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
  11. to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
  12. to pay (a deposit, etc.)
  13. to visit (on a pilgrimage)
  14. to line (a coat)
  15. to bind (a criminal)

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