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みち子こ様さま

前ぜん略りゃく

昨日きのう、田た中なかさんからの連れん絡らくで、お母様かあさまの急きゅう逝せい（注1）を知しり、本ほん当とうにびっくりいたしました。ご家か族ぞく皆みなさまの悲かなしみを思おもうと、申もうし上あげる言こと葉ばもありません。

高こう校こう生せいだったころ、皆みなでよくお宅たくにお邪じゃ魔まし、お母様かあさまがケーキを作つくってくださったことが思おもい出だされます。

どうぞお気き持もちをしっかり持もって、お体からだを大たい切せつになさってください。お疲つかれが出でませんように。

お母様かあさまのご冥めい福ふくを心こころよりお祈いのり申もうし上あげます（注2）。

吉よし田だあや


（注ちゅう1）急きゅう逝せい：急きゅうに亡なくなること

（注ちゅう2）ご冥めい福ふくを心こころよりお祈いのり申もうし上あげます：亡なくなった人ひとに対たいして祈いのりの気き持もちを表あらわす言こと葉ば

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Vocabulary11 words
  • びっくり
    • ·to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be astonished; to get startled; to jump
    • ·surprise (e.g. surprise party)
    N3
  • ころ
    • ·(approximate) time; around; about; toward
    • ·suitable time (or condition)
    • ·time of year; season
    N3
  • お
    • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
    N3
  • 宅たく
    • ·house; home
    • ·one's house; one's home
    • ·one's husband
    N3
  • 邪魔じゃま
    • ·hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance; interruption; interference
    • ·to visit (someone's home)
    • ·demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
    N3
  • こと
    • ·thing; matter
    • ·incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
    • ·circumstances; situation; state of affairs
    • ·work; business; affair
    • ·after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
    • ·nominalizing suffix
    • ·pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
    • ·alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or
    • ·necessity; need
    • ·you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
    N3
  • 疲れつかれ
    • ·tiredness; fatigue
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 急にきゅうに
    • ·swiftly; rapidly; quickly; immediately; hastily; hurriedly
    • ·suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
    • ·sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
    N3
  • 表すあらわす
    • ·to represent; to signify; to stand for
    • ·to reveal; to show; to display
    • ·to express
    • ·to make widely known
    N3
Other levels26 words
  • 昨日きのう
    • ·yesterday
    N5
  • 知るしるAs it appears here: 知り
    • ·to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
    • ·to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
    • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate
    • ·to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with
    • ·to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
    • ·to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
    • ·to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
    N5
  • 家族かぞく
    • ·family
    N5
  • 言葉ことば
    • ·language; dialect
    • ·word; phrase; expression; term
    • ·speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language
    • ·words; remark; statement; comment
    • ·learning to speak; language acquisition
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: ありません
    • ·to be; to exist; to live
    • ·to have
    • ·to be located
    • ·to be equipped with
    • ·to happen; to come about
    • ·to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)
    N5
  • よく
    • ·nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
    • ·frequently; often
    • ·I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
    • ·(you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: し
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 作るつくるAs it appears here: 作って
    • ·to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
    • ·to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
    • ·to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
    • ·to till
    • ·to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
    • ·to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
    • ·to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
    • ·to have (a child)
    • ·to make up (one's face, etc.)
    • ·to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
    • ·to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
    • ·to form (a line, etc.)
    • ·to set (a record)
    • ·to commit (a sin, etc.)
    N5
  • 持つもつAs it appears here: 持って
    • ·to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
    • ·to possess; to have; to own
    • ·to maintain; to keep
    • ·to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
    • ·to take charge of; to be in charge of
    • ·to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.)
    • ·to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck
    N5
  • 体からだ
    • ·body
    • ·torso; trunk
    • ·build; physique; frame; figure
    • ·health; constitution
    N5
  • 出るでるAs it appears here: 出ません
    • ·to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out
    • ·to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
    • ·to move forward
    • ·to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach
    • ·to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display
    • ·to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out
    • ·to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform
    • ·to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised
    • ·to sell
    • ·to exceed; to go over
    • ·to stick out; to protrude
    • ·to break out; to occur; to start; to originate
    • ·to be produced
    • ·to come from; to be derived from
    • ·to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid
    • ·to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get
    • ·to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave
    • ·to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain
    • ·to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed
    • ·to graduate
    • ·to ejaculate; to cum
    N5
  • 人ひと
    • ·person; someone; somebody
    • ·human beings; mankind; man; people; humans
    • ·human (Homo sapiens)
    • ·(other) people; others
    • ·character; personality; nature
    • ·capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person
    • ·adult; grown-up
    • ·I; me; one
    N5
  • 連絡れんらく
    • ·contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch; communication; correspondence; call; message
    • ·connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); meeting
    • ·connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation; link
    N4
  • 思うおもう
    • ·to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon
    • ·to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
    • ·to judge; to assess; to regard
    • ·to imagine; to suppose; to dream
    • ·to expect; to look forward to
    • ·to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want
    • ·to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love
    • ·to recall; to remember
    N4
  • 申し上げるもうしあげる
    • ·to say; to tell; to state; to express; to offer; to extend (greetings, congratulations, etc.)
    • ·to do
    N4
  • 高校生こうこうせい
    • ·senior high school student
    N4
  • 皆みな
    • ·everyone; everybody; all
    • ·everything; all
    N4
  • 思い出すおもいだすAs it appears here: 思い出されます
    • ·to recall; to remember; to recollect
    N4
  • 気持ちきもち
    • ·feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind
    • ·preparedness; readiness; attitude
    • ·thought; sentiment; consideration; solicitude; gratitude
    • ·slightly; a bit; a little
    N4
  • しっかり
    • ·tightly (holding on); firmly; securely
    • ·strongly (built); solidly; sturdily; steadily
    • ·properly; well; sufficiently; hard (working, etc.); fully; completely
    • ·reliably; dependably; levelheadedly; shrewdly; wisely; cleverly
    N4
  • なさるAs it appears here: なさって
    • ·to do
    N4
  • 申し上げるもうしあげるAs it appears here: 申し上げます
    • ·to say; to tell; to state; to express; to offer; to extend (greetings, congratulations, etc.)
    • ·to do
    N4
  • 亡くなるなくなる
    • ·to die; to pass away
    N4
  • 亡くなるなくなるAs it appears here: 亡くなった
    • ·to die; to pass away
    N4
  • ご
    • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
    • ·honorific suffix
    N1
  • 祈りいのり
    • ·prayer; supplication
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • に対してN3

    Marks the target or object an action is directed at, or sets up a contrast between two things, 'toward / with regard to / in contrast to'.

    （注2）ご冥福を心よりお祈り申し上げます：亡くなった人に対して祈りの気持ちを表す言葉

    (Note 2) “I sincerely pray that the deceased may rest in peace”: an expression of prayer for someone who has passed away

Other levels6 patterns
  • いたしますN4

    Humble (kenjougo) form of する used to lower oneself when doing something for another — 'to do (humbly)'.

    昨日、田中さんからの連絡で、お母様の急逝を知り、本当にびっくりいたしました。

    Yesterday, I learned from Tanaka-san that your mother had passed away suddenly, and I was truly shocked.

  • 頃（ころ / ごろ）N4

    Suffix/noun marking an approximate point in time; 'around (the time of), about when, back when'.

    高校生だったころ、皆でよくお宅にお邪魔し、お母様がケーキを作ってくださったことが思い出されます。

    I remember how, when we were high school students, we often visited your home together and your mother would make cakes for us.

  • なさるN4

    Honorific verb meaning 'to do,' the respectful equivalent of する used about the actions of a higher-status person.

    どうぞお気持ちをしっかり持って、お体を大切になさってください。

    Please stay strong and take good care of yourself.

  • よりN42 times in this passage

    Particle marking the standard in a comparison (also a starting point), "than / (more) than; from".

    お母様のご冥福を心よりお祈り申し上げます。

    I sincerely pray that your mother may rest in peace.

  • 急にN4

    Adverb describing that something happens abruptly and without warning; 'suddenly / all of a sudden.'

    （注1）急逝：急に亡くなること

    (Note 1) Sudden passing: to die unexpectedly

  • 〜てくださいN5

    A polite request asking someone to do something — “please do”.

    どうぞお気持ちをしっかり持って、お体を大切になさってください。

    Please stay strong and take good care of yourself.

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