Before They Knew It...
Before They Knew It...
Once upon a time, there was a young woman who lived alone in Tokyo. One day, she secretly had a baby. But she hadn't told anyone. None of her relatives or neighbors knew whether she was married or not. The baby she carried on her back was a boy.
Before people knew it, the boy had become a teenager. He loved reading books, so he began to stay up late every night, reading. From time to time, it would be morning before he knew it.
Before his graduation at the age of twenty, the young man left college without his classmates realizing. None of them talked about it. The man eventually began working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
By the time he was thirty, before any of his coworkers knew it, he had already quit his job at the company. None of his former coworkers knew whether the man found a new job or not.
The man reached the age of forty. He somehow ended up living in a foreign county. His own mother did not even know where he was.
Before he became fifty, the man had returned to his home country, Japan.
The man became seventy. One day, he had trouble making a cashless payment with his smartphone. As it was taking time for him to complete his payment, a young cashier sighed at him. The man realized that he was old.
When he reached eighty years old, the neighbors noticed that they hadn't seen the man on the street recently. An apartment manager entered his room with a spare key. The man had already passed away in his room.
He loved reading books, so he began to stay up late every night, reading.
From time to time, (as he read for hours), it would be morning before he knew it.
From time to time, (as he read for hours), it would be the next morning before he knew it.
From time to time, (as he read for hours), it would be dawn before he knew it.
Before his graduation at the age of twenty, the young man left college without his classmates realizing.
When he was twenty, the young man left college before his graduation, without his classmates realizing.
At the age of twenty, the young man left college before his graduation, but his classmates didn’t realize this until it was too late.
At the age of twenty, the young man left college before his graduation, but his classmates didn’t realize, until it was too late.
At the age of twenty, the young man left college before his graduation, but his classmates didn’t realize, until he had already gone.
At the age of twenty, the young man left college before his graduation, but his classmates didn’t realize this until it he had already gone.
None of them talked about it.
None of them spoke about it.
None of them mentioned it.
None of them discussed it.
They didn’t talk about it.
They didn’t mention it.
They didn’t discuss it.
No one talked about it.
None of them said anything about it
The man eventually began working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
The man began working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
Not long afterwards, the man began working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
A few years later, the man began working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
He eventually got a job working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
The man eventually started working for a radio cassette recorder company.
When he was thirty, before his coworkers knew it, he had quit his job at the company.
By the time he was thirty, before any of his coworkers knew it, he had already quit his job at the company.
By the time he was thirty, he had already quit his job at the company, before any of his coworkers realize what had happened.
By the time he was thirty, he had already quit his job at the company, before any of his coworkers became aware of it.
When he reached thirty, he quit his job before any of his coworkers realized.
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赤ん坊は、いつの間にか成長し、十代になっていた。少年は、読書が好きで、やがて毎日、夜更かしをする様になった。本を読んでいるうちに、いつの間にか、夜が明けている事も、度々有った。
二十歳になった青年は、いつの間にか、大学を中退していたが、誰も彼の事を話題にする者は居なかった。そして彼は、いつの間にかラジカセの工場で働き始めていた。
三十歳になると、彼は、いつの間にか会社を辞めていた。会社の元同僚達は、彼がどこかに転職したのか、誰も知らなかった。
四十歳の時、男は、いつの間にか、外国に住んでいた。彼の母親でさえ、彼の滞在先を知らなかった。
五十歳になる前に、いつの間にか彼は、日本に帰国していた。
六十歳になった年の、ある雨の日、東京のアパートで、昼過ぎに目覚めた彼は、窓を開けたら、いつの間にか雨が止んでいた。彼は、ひとりでショッピングモールに行った。
七十歳になり、買い物の支払いレジで、スマホ決済の操作に時間がかかり、若い店員がため息をついた。いつの間にか、彼は、歳を取っていた。
八十歳を過ぎたとき、近所の人は彼を見かけなくなった。アパートの管理人が、合鍵で、彼の部屋に入ったら、いつの間にか、男は息を引き取っていた。
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Before They Knew It...
いつの間にか、........
Once upon a time, there was a young woman who lived alone in Tokyo. One day, she secretly had a baby. But she hadn't told anyone.
誰にも (だれにも) : anyone (used with a negative verb)
何？(なに？) : What?
何も (なにも) : anything (used with a negative verb)
言う (いう) : to say, to tell (verb)
言わない (いわない) : You don't say it. You don't tell.
誰にも言わない : You don't tell anyone.
何も言わない : You don't tell anything. You don't say anything.
誰にも何も言わずに、: without telling anyone anything
一人 (ひとり) : one person (noun)
一人で : alone, by yourself, without someone's attention, without someone's help (as one person) (adverb)
密かに (ひそかに) : secretly (adverb)
一人で密かに : secretly by yourself (adverb)
子供 (こども) : a child, a baby (depends on the context)
産む (うむ) : to have a baby (verb)
産んだ (うんだ) : You had a baby.
子供を産む : to have a baby (verb)
子供を産んだ : You had a baby.
若い (わかい) : young (adjective)
子供を産んだ女 : a woman who had a baby (noun clause)
居る (いる) : There is a person, There are people. Someone is here/there. (current and recent situation)
居た (いた) : There was a person, There were people. Someone was here/there. (past situation)
一人で子供を産んだ女がいた。: There was a woman who had a baby alone.
密かに子供を産んだ女がいた。: There was a woman who secretly had a baby.
None of her relatives or neighbors knew whether she was married or not.
彼女の親せき、また近所の人も、彼女が結婚したのか、まだ未婚なのか知らなかった。
彼女の親せき : her relatives
また : and/or (depends on the context)
結婚 (けっこん) : a marriage, marrying someone, getting married to someone (noun)
結婚する : to marry someone, to get married to someone (verb)
結婚した : You married someone. You got married someone.
したのか : if/whether you did it
まだ : still/yet (depends on the context)
未婚 (みこん) : unmarried, single
なのか : if/whether it is true
彼女が未婚なのか : if/whether she is unmarried
知る (しる) : to get to know (action)
知っている (しっている) : You know it. You are aware of it.
知っていた (しっていた) : You knew it. You were aware of it.
知らない (しらない) : You don't know it. (status)
知らなかった。: You didn't know it. (status)
The baby she carried on her back was a boy.
背負っていた (せおっていた) : You were carrying it. (progress), You carried it those days / regularly / usually / every day. (activity, lifestyle, occupation, habit, etc.)
背負っていたの : someone who you were carrying, someone who you carried, something which you were carrying, something which you carried (noun clause)
男の子 (おとこのこ) : a boy, the boy
女の子 (おんなのこ) : a girl, the girl
女の子であった。: It was a girl.
Before people knew it, the boy had become a teenager.
赤ん坊は、いつの間にか成長し、十代になっていた。
いつの間にか (いつのまにか) : before you knew it, before you noticed it, before you realized it
成長 (せいちょう) : growth, growing up (noun)
成長する : to grow up (verb)
成長した : You grew up.
成長し、.... : to grow up and ..... (verb), You grew up and/then/so .....
十代 (じゅうだい) : the age of teens, a teenager
十代になる : to become a teenager (verb)
十代になっている。 : You have become a teenager. You are now already a teenager. (current and recent situation)
十代になっていた。: You had become a teenager. You were now already a teenager. (past situation)
He loved reading books, so he began to stay up late every night, reading.
読書 (どくしょ) : reading books (noun)
好き (すき) : You like it, You love it.
少年は、読書が好きだ : The boy loves reading books.
少年は、読書が好きだった : The boy loved reading books.
少年は、読書が好きで、.... : The boy loves/loved reading books and/then/so ......
From time to time, it would be morning before he knew it.
本を読んでいるうちに、いつの間にか、夜が明けている事も、度々有った。
夜 (よる / よ) : night
明ける (あける) : A new situation begins, The old situation ends, The current situation will be over.
夜が明ける (よがあける) : Morning will dawn.
夜が明けている。: Morning has already dawned.
事 (こと) : a situation which you have just mentioned
夜が明けている事 : a situation that morning has already dawned.
事も、: even such a situation
度々 (たびたび) : often, sometimes, from time to time
有る (ある) : There is a thing, There are things. Something happens. You see such a situation.
事も、有る。: You see even such a situation. You also see such a situation. Even such a thing happens.
有った。(あった) : There was a thing, There were things, Something happened. You saw such a situation.
度々有る。: It sometimes/often happens. It happens from time to time.
度々有った。: It happened from time to time. It sometimes/often happened.
いつの間にか、夜が明けている事も有った。: From time to time, it would be morning before he knew it.
Before his graduation at the age of twenty, the young man left college without his classmates realizing. None of them talked about it.
二十歳になった青年は、いつの間にか、大学を中退していたが、誰も彼の事を話題にする者は居なかった。
二十歳 (はたち) : twenty years old
二十歳になる : You are going to be twenty years old, You have become twenty years old, You are now twenty years old (depends on the context)
二十歳になった : You have/had become twenty years old. (depends on the context)
青年 (せいねん) : a young man, a youth, young people
二十歳になった青年 : a young man who has/had become twenty years old (noun clause)
いつのまにか : before his classmates knew it, before his classmates noticed it, before his classmates realized it
大学 (だいがく) : a college or university
中退 (ちゅうたい) : leaving your school, college or university before graduation (noun)
中退する : to leave your school, college or university before your graduation (verb)
大学を中退する : to leave your college or university before graduation (verb)
中退した : You left your school, college or university.
中退していた : You had already left your school, college or university.
中退していたが、.... : You had already left your school, college or university but .....
誰？(だれ) : Who?
誰も : anyone, anybody (with a negative expression)
彼 (かれ) : he/ his / him
事 (こと) : something which you have just mentioned, about it, about him or her
彼の事 : about him
話題 (わだい) : a topic (noun)
話題にする : to talk about something or someone between people (verb)
彼の事を話題にする : to talk about him (verb)
物 (もの) : a thing, something which you have just mentioned
彼の事を話題にする者 : a person who talks about him (noun clause)
居る (いる) : There is a person. There are people. Someone is here/there. (current and recent situation)
居ない (いない) : There is not a person. There are not such people. He or she is not there/here. (current and recent situation)
誰も居ない : No one is here/there.
彼のことを話題にする者は居ない : No one talks about him.
居なかった。: Someone was not here/there. There was not such a person.
する者は居なかった。: There was not a person who did it. No one did it. None of them did it.
誰も居なかった。: No one was here/there. There was no such a person.
誰も話題にする者は居なかった。: No one talked about it. None of them talked about it.
The man eventually began working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
そして彼は、いつの間にかラジカセの工場で働き始めていた。
彼 (かれ) : he/ his / him
そして : then
ラジカセ (らじかせ) : a radio-cassette recorder
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
働く (はたらく) : to work (verb)
始める (はじめる) : to begin, to start (verb), You will begin it.
始めた。: You began it.
始めていた。: You began it. You had already begun it. You eventually began it. (past activity)
そして彼は、始めていた。: He then began it. He eventually began it.
働き始める : to begin working (verb)
工場で働く : to work at a factory (verb)
働き始めていた : You had begun working.
彼は、工場で働き始めている。: He has already begun working at a factory. He is now working at a factory. (current and recent activity)
彼は、工場で働き始めていた。: He had already begun working at a factory. He was now working at a factory. (past activity)
会社 (かいしゃ) : a company
辞める (やめる) : to quit your job (verb)
会社を辞める : to quit your job, to leave your company (verb)
会社を辞めていた : You had quit your job, You had left your company.
会社の元同僚達は、彼がどこかに転職したのか、誰も知らなかった。
None of his former coworkers knew whether the man found a new job or not.
元同僚 (もとどうりょう) : your former coworker
同僚達 (どうりょうたち) : your coworkers
元同僚達 (もとどうりょうたち) : your former coworkers
会社の元同僚達 : your former coworkers at the company
どこ？: Where?
どこか : somewhere, some company (in this context)
転職 (てんしょく) : changing your job, quitting your current job and finding a new job, leaving your current company and finding another company (noun)
転職する : to quit your current job and find a new job (verb)
転職した。: You quit your job and found new one. (past action)
彼はどこかに転職した。 : He found a new job somewhere.
したのか : whether you have done it or not, if you have done it or not
したのか？ : Did you do it?
転職したのか？ : Did you quit your job and find a new one?
彼がどこかに転職したのか : whether he found a new job somewhere
誰も (だれも) : anyone, anybody (used with a negative verb)
知る (しる) : to get to know (verb)
知らない : You don't know it.
知らなかった : You didn't know it.
誰も知らない : No one knows it.
誰も知らなかった : No one knew it it.
元同僚達は、誰も知らなかった。: None of your former coworkers knew it.
The man reached the age of forty. He somehow ended up living in a foreign county.
四十歳の時、男は、いつの間にか、外国に住んでいた。
外国 (がいこく) : a foreign country
住む (すむ) : to live in a certain area (verb)
外国に住む : to live in a foreign country (verb)
外国に住んでいる : You live in a foreign country.
外国に住んでいた。: You lived in a foreign country.
四十歳の時、外国に住んでいた。: When you were forty years old, you were living in a foreign country.
男は、外国に住んでいた。: The man was living in a foreign country at the time. (past progress), The man lived in a foreign country. (past experience)
四十歳の時、男は、外国に住んでいた。: When the man was forty years old, he was living in a foreign country.
男は、いつの間にか、外国に住んでいた。: The man somehow ended up living in a foreign country. (past situation)
His own mother did not even know where he was.
五十歳 (ごじゅっさい) : fifty years old
五十歳になる : You reach to the age fifty.
前 (まえ) : before, ago, earlier
五十歳になる前に : Before he became fifty
いつのまにか : before people knew it, before people noticed it, before people realized it
彼 (かれ) : he / his / him
日本 (にほん) : Japan
帰国 (きこく) : returning to your home country (noun)
帰国する : to return to your home country (verb)
日本に帰国する : to return to Japan which is your home country (verb)
帰国している : You have already returned to your home country.
彼は帰国した : He returned to his home country.
帰国していた : You had already returned to your home country.
彼は、帰国していた。He had returned to his home country.
彼は、ひとりで行った。: He went there alone.
彼は、ショッピングモールに行った。: He went to a shopping mall.
The man became seventy. One day, he had trouble making a cashless payment with his smartphone. As it was taking time for him to complete his payment, a young cashier sighed at him.
七十歳になり、買い物の支払いレジで、スマホ決済の操作に時間がかかり、若い店員がため息をついた。
七十歳 (ななじゅっさい) : seventy years old
七十歳になる。 : You are going to be seventy soon. You have just become seventy. (depends on the context, You really need to pay attention to the context.)
七十歳になり、... : As you have/had just become seventy, ......
買い物 (かいもの) : shopping, buying something (noun)
支払い (しはらい) : payment, paying money (noun)
買い物の支払い : a payment for your purchase (noun)
レジ (れじ) : a cashier, the checkout counter, a cash register
支払いレジ : a cashier at a supermarket, shop, store, restaurant, etc.
買い物の支払いレジで、: at the cashier for your purchase, when you pay at the cashier
スマホ : a smartphone such as an iPhone, Android phone, etc.
決済 (けっさい) : making up an account, completing a payment
スマホ決済 : a cashless payment with your smartphone
操作 (そうさ) : operating a device, machine, system, software program, etc.
スマホの操作 : operating your smartphone
時間 (じかん) : a time, the time, a period of time
時間がかかる : You are taking time to do something, You can not do it fast or quickly, You are slow to do it.
スマホ決済の操作に時間がかかる。 : It takes time for you to complete your payment. (current and recent situation)
スマホ決済の操作に時間がかかった。 : It took time for you to complete your payment. (past situation)
時間がかかり、..... : It takes time and/then/so .......
若い (わかい) : young
店員 (てんいん) : a person who works for a store, shop, restaurant, etc.
ため息をつく : to sigh (verb)
若い店員 : a young cashier
ため息をついた。: You sighed.
若い店員がため息をついた。: A young cashier sighed at you.
The man realized that he was old.
いつのまにか : before you knew it, before you noticed it, before you realized it, before you paid attention to it
彼 (かれ) : he / his / him
歳 (とし) : the age (noun)
取る (とる) : to take (verb)
歳を取る : to get old (verb)
歳を取った : You got old.
歳を取っている : You are old. (current situation)
彼は歳を取っている : He is old.
歳を取っていた。: You were old. (past situation)
When he reached eighty years old, the neighbors noticed that they hadn't seen the man on the street recently.
八十歳を過ぎたとき、近所の人は彼を見かけなくなった。
八十 (はちじゅう) : eighty
The man reached the age of forty. He somehow ended up living in a foreign county. His own mother did not even know where he was.
The man became sixty years old. One rainy day, the man woke up during the afternoon in his apartment in Tokyo. As he opened the window, the rain had stopped. He then went to a shopping mall alone.
When he reached eighty years old, the neighbors noticed that they hadn't seen the man on the street recently. An apartment manager entered his room with a spare key. The man had already passed away in his room.
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He loved reading books, so every night he would stay up late, reading.
He loved reading books, so he started to stay up late every night, reading.
He loved reading books and began staying up late reading every night.
From time to time, (as he read for hours), it would be morning before he knew it.
From time to time, (as he read for hours), it would be dawn before he knew it.
Before his graduation at the age of twenty, the young man left college without his classmates realizing.
When he was twenty, the young man left college before his graduation, without his classmates realizing.
At the age of twenty, the young man left college before his graduation, but his classmates didn’t realize this until it was too late.
At the age of twenty, the young man left college before his graduation, but his classmates didn’t realize, until it was too late.
At the age of twenty, the young man left college before his graduation, but his classmates didn’t realize, until he had already gone.
At the age of twenty, the young man left college before his graduation, but his classmates didn’t realize this until it he had already gone.
None of them talked about it.
None of them spoke about it.
None of them mentioned it.
None of them discussed it.
They didn’t talk about it.
They didn’t mention it.
They didn’t discuss it.
No one talked about it.
None of them said anything about it
The man eventually began working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
The man began working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
Not long afterwards, the man began working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
A few years later, the man began working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
He eventually got a job working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
The man eventually started working for a radio cassette recorder company.
When he was thirty, before his coworkers knew it, he had quit his job at the company.
By the time he was thirty, before any of his coworkers knew it, he had already quit his job at the company.
By the time he was thirty, he had already quit his job at the company, before any of his coworkers realize what had happened.
By the time he was thirty, he had already quit his job at the company, before any of his coworkers became aware of it.
When he reached thirty, he quit his job before any of his coworkers realized.
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いつの間にか、........
ある時、東京で一人暮らしをしている女が、誰にも何も言わずに、一人で密かに子供を産んだ。彼女の親せき、また近所の人も、彼女が結婚したのか、まだ未婚なのか知らなかった。彼女が背負っていたのは男の子であった。
赤ん坊は、いつの間にか成長し、十代になっていた。少年は、読書が好きで、やがて毎日、夜更かしをする様になった。本を読んでいるうちに、いつの間にか、夜が明けている事も、度々有った。
二十歳になった青年は、いつの間にか、大学を中退していたが、誰も彼の事を話題にする者は居なかった。そして彼は、いつの間にかラジカセの工場で働き始めていた。
三十歳になると、彼は、いつの間にか会社を辞めていた。会社の元同僚達は、彼がどこかに転職したのか、誰も知らなかった。
四十歳の時、男は、いつの間にか、外国に住んでいた。彼の母親でさえ、彼の滞在先を知らなかった。
五十歳になる前に、いつの間にか彼は、日本に帰国していた。
六十歳になった年の、ある雨の日、東京のアパートで、昼過ぎに目覚めた彼は、窓を開けたら、いつの間にか雨が止んでいた。彼は、ひとりでショッピングモールに行った。
七十歳になり、買い物の支払いレジで、スマホ決済の操作に時間がかかり、若い店員がため息をついた。いつの間にか、彼は、歳を取っていた。
八十歳を過ぎたとき、近所の人は彼を見かけなくなった。アパートの管理人が、合鍵で、彼の部屋に入ったら、いつの間にか、男は息を引き取っていた。
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Before They Knew It...
いつの間にか、........
いつ？ : When?
間 (あいだ / ま) : an interval, a period of time, the time gap
いつの間にか (いつのまにか) : before you knew it, before you noticed it, before you realized it
Once upon a time, there was a young woman who lived alone in Tokyo. One day, she secretly had a baby. But she hadn't told anyone.
ある時、東京で一人暮らしをしている女が、誰にも何も言わずに、一人で密かに子供を産んだ。
ある時 (あるとき) : Once upon a time
東京 (とうきょう) : Tokyo
暮らし (くらし) : your daily life, living your daily life (noun)
一人暮らし (ひとりぐらし) : living alone (noun)
一人暮らしをする : to live alone (verb)
東京で一人暮らしをする : You live alone in Tokyo.
一人暮らしをしている。: You live alone now.
一人暮らしをしていた。: You lived alone those days / in the past.
彼女は一人暮らしをしている。: She lives alone now.
彼女は一人暮らしをしていた。: She lived alone those days / in the past.
暮らし (くらし) : your daily life, living your daily life (noun)
一人暮らし (ひとりぐらし) : living alone (noun)
一人暮らしをする : to live alone (verb)
東京で一人暮らしをする : You live alone in Tokyo.
一人暮らしをしている。: You live alone now.
女 (おんな) : a woman (person), female (gender)
一人暮らしをしている女 : a woman who lives alone.
一人暮らしをしていた。: You lived alone those days / in the past.
彼女 (かのじょ) : she/her
彼女は一人暮らしをしている。: She lives alone now.
彼女は一人暮らしをしていた。: She lived alone those days / in the past.
誰？(だれ？) : Who?
誰にも (だれにも) : anyone (used with a negative verb)
何？(なに？) : What?
何も (なにも) : anything (used with a negative verb)
言う (いう) : to say, to tell (verb)
言わない (いわない) : You don't say it. You don't tell.
誰にも言わない : You don't tell anyone.
何も言わない : You don't tell anything. You don't say anything.
誰にも何も言わずに、: without telling anyone anything
一人 (ひとり) : one person (noun)
一人で : alone, by yourself, without someone's attention, without someone's help (as one person) (adverb)
密かに (ひそかに) : secretly (adverb)
一人で密かに : secretly by yourself (adverb)
子供 (こども) : a child, a baby (depends on the context)
産む (うむ) : to have a baby (verb)
産んだ (うんだ) : You had a baby.
子供を産む : to have a baby (verb)
子供を産んだ : You had a baby.
一人で子供を産んだ : You hd a baby alone.
密かに子供を産んだ : You secretly had a baby.
若い (わかい) : young (adjective)
子供を産んだ女 : a woman who had a baby (noun clause)
居る (いる) : There is a person, There are people. Someone is here/there. (current and recent situation)
居た (いた) : There was a person, There were people. Someone was here/there. (past situation)
一人で子供を産んだ女がいた。: There was a woman who had a baby alone.
密かに子供を産んだ女がいた。: There was a woman who secretly had a baby.
彼女の親せき、また近所の人も、彼女が結婚したのか、まだ未婚なのか知らなかった。
彼女 (かのじょ) : she / her
親せき (しんせき) : your relatives彼女の親せき : her relatives
また : and/or (depends on the context)
近所 (きんじょ) : a nearby place, the area around your house
人 (ひと) : a person, people, someone, human being (depends on the context)
人々 (ひとびと) : people
近所の人 : a neighbor, your neighbors (depends on the context)
近所の人々 : your neighbors
親せき、また近所の人も、: Your relatives and also, (none of) your relatives or neighbors (depends on the context)
近所の人々 : your neighbors
親せき、また近所の人も、: Your relatives and also, (none of) your relatives or neighbors (depends on the context)
結婚 (けっこん) : a marriage, marrying someone, getting married to someone (noun)
結婚する : to marry someone, to get married to someone (verb)
結婚した : You married someone. You got married someone.
したのか : if/whether you did it
したのか？: Did you do it?
彼女が結婚したのか、: if/whether she was married
彼女が結婚したのか、: if/whether she was married
まだ : still/yet (depends on the context)
未婚 (みこん) : unmarried, single
なのか : if/whether it is true
なのか？: Is it true?
彼女が未婚なのか : if/whether she is unmarried
知る (しる) : to get to know (action)
知っている (しっている) : You know it. You are aware of it.
知っていた (しっていた) : You knew it. You were aware of it.
知らない (しらない) : You don't know it. (status)
知らなかった。: You didn't know it. (status)
彼女の親せきは、知らなかった : Her relatives did not know it.
近所の人は、知らなかった : Her neighbors did not know it.
彼女の親せき、また近所の人も、知らなかった : None of her relatives or neighbors knew it.
彼女が結婚したのか知らなかった : You didn't know whether she was married.
彼女が、まだ未婚なのか知らなかった : You didn't know whether she was unmarried.
The baby she carried on her back was a boy.
彼女が背負っていたのは男の子であった。
彼女 (かのじょ) : she / her
背負う (せおう) : to carry someone or something on your back (verb)
背負っていた (せおっていた) : You were carrying it. (progress), You carried it those days / regularly / usually / every day. (activity, lifestyle, occupation, habit, etc.)
背負っていたの : someone who you were carrying, someone who you carried, something which you were carrying, something which you carried (noun clause)
男 (おとこ) : a man, male
女 (おんな) : a woman, female
子 (こ) : a child, a baby, your son or daughter
男の子 (おとこのこ) : a boy, the boy
女の子 (おんなのこ) : a girl, the girl
男の子である。: It is a boy.
女の子である。: It is a girl.
男の子であった。: It was a boy.
女の子であった。: It was a girl.
彼女が背負っていた : She was carrying it on her back. She carried it on her back.
背負っていたのは女の子であった : The baby you carried on your back was a girl.
背負っていたのは女の子であった : The baby you carried on your back was a girl.
赤ん坊は、いつの間にか成長し、十代になっていた。
赤ん坊 (あかんぼう) : a baby boy, a baby girl, a baby
いつの間にか (いつのまにか) : before you knew it, before you noticed it, before you realized it
成長 (せいちょう) : growth, growing up (noun)
成長する : to grow up (verb)
成長した : You grew up.
赤ん坊は、成長した : The baby grew up.
いつの間にか成長した : You grew up before someone knew it.
十代 (じゅうだい) : the age of teens, a teenager
十代になる : to become a teenager (verb)
十代になっている。 : You have become a teenager. You are now already a teenager. (current and recent situation)
十代になっていた。: You had become a teenager. You were now already a teenager. (past situation)
成長し、十代になっていた : You grew up and became a teenager.
赤ん坊は、十代になっていた : The baby had become a teenager.
He loved reading books, so he began to stay up late every night, reading.
少年は、読書が好きで、やがて毎日、夜更かしをする様になった。
少年 (しょうねん) : a boy
読書 (どくしょ) : reading books (noun)
好き (すき) : You like it, You love it.
少年は、読書が好きだ : The boy loves reading books.
少年は、読書が好きだった : The boy loved reading books.
少年は、読書が好きで、.... : The boy loves/loved reading books and/then/so ......
やがて : eventually
毎日 (まいにち) : every day
夜更かし (よふかし) : staying up late at night(noun)
夜更かしをする : to stay up late at night(verb)
毎日、夜更かしをする : to stay up late every night (verb)
少年は、毎日、夜更かしをする : The boy stay up late every night.
毎日 (まいにち) : every day
夜更かし (よふかし) : staying up late at night(noun)
夜更かしをする : to stay up late at night(verb)
毎日、夜更かしをする : to stay up late every night (verb)
少年は、毎日、夜更かしをする : The boy stay up late every night.
様 (よう) : a situation which you have just mentioned
様になる。 : The situation will change and the new situation will be like this.
様になった。: The situation has changed and the current situation is like this.
夜更かしをする様になった。 : You begin staying up late at night. You recently stay up late at night. (current and recent activity)
少年は、やがて毎日、する様になった。: The boy began doing it every day. The boy do it regularly, usually, often or sometimes. (current and recent activity)
様になる。 : The situation will change and the new situation will be like this.
様になった。: The situation has changed and the current situation is like this.
夜更かしをする様になった。 : You begin staying up late at night. You recently stay up late at night. (current and recent activity)
少年は、やがて毎日、する様になった。: The boy began doing it every day. The boy do it regularly, usually, often or sometimes. (current and recent activity)
From time to time, it would be morning before he knew it.
本を読んでいるうちに、いつの間にか、夜が明けている事も、度々有った。
本 (ほん) : a book, books
読む (よむ) : to read (verb)
読んでいる。: You are reading something now.
読んでいるうちに : while you are/were reading something, as you have/had been reading it
いつの間にか (いつのまにか) : before you knew it, before you noticed it, before you realized it, before you paid attention to it
読む (よむ) : to read (verb)
読んでいる。: You are reading something now.
読んでいるうちに : while you are/were reading something, as you have/had been reading it
いつの間にか (いつのまにか) : before you knew it, before you noticed it, before you realized it, before you paid attention to it
夜 (よる / よ) : night
明ける (あける) : A new situation begins, The old situation ends, The current situation will be over.
夜が明ける (よがあける) : Morning will dawn.
夜が明けている。: Morning has already dawned.
事 (こと) : a situation which you have just mentioned
夜が明けている事 : a situation that morning has already dawned.
事も、: even such a situation
度々 (たびたび) : often, sometimes, from time to time
有る (ある) : There is a thing, There are things. Something happens. You see such a situation.
事も、有る。: You see even such a situation. You also see such a situation. Even such a thing happens.
有った。(あった) : There was a thing, There were things, Something happened. You saw such a situation.
度々有る。: It sometimes/often happens. It happens from time to time.
度々有った。: It happened from time to time. It sometimes/often happened.
いつの間にか、夜が明けている事も有った。: From time to time, it would be morning before he knew it.
Before his graduation at the age of twenty, the young man left college without his classmates realizing. None of them talked about it.
二十歳 (はたち) : twenty years old
二十歳になる : You are going to be twenty years old, You have become twenty years old, You are now twenty years old (depends on the context)
二十歳になった : You have/had become twenty years old. (depends on the context)
青年 (せいねん) : a young man, a youth, young people
二十歳になった青年 : a young man who has/had become twenty years old (noun clause)
いつのまにか : before his classmates knew it, before his classmates noticed it, before his classmates realized it
大学 (だいがく) : a college or university
中退 (ちゅうたい) : leaving your school, college or university before graduation (noun)
中退する : to leave your school, college or university before your graduation (verb)
大学を中退する : to leave your college or university before graduation (verb)
中退した : You left your school, college or university.
中退していた : You had already left your school, college or university.
中退していたが、.... : You had already left your school, college or university but .....
誰？(だれ) : Who?
誰も : anyone, anybody (with a negative expression)
彼 (かれ) : he/ his / him
事 (こと) : something which you have just mentioned, about it, about him or her
彼の事 : about him
話題 (わだい) : a topic (noun)
話題にする : to talk about something or someone between people (verb)
彼の事を話題にする : to talk about him (verb)
者 (もの) : a person, someone who you have just mentioned
物 (もの) : a thing, something which you have just mentioned
居る (いる) : There is a person. There are people. Someone is here/there. (current and recent situation)
居ない (いない) : There is not a person. There are not such people. He or she is not there/here. (current and recent situation)
誰も居ない : No one is here/there.
彼のことを話題にする者は居ない : No one talks about him.
居なかった。: Someone was not here/there. There was not such a person.
する者は居なかった。: There was not a person who did it. No one did it. None of them did it.
誰も居なかった。: No one was here/there. There was no such a person.
誰も話題にする者は居なかった。: No one talked about it. None of them talked about it.
The man eventually began working at/in a radio cassette recorder factory.
そして彼は、いつの間にかラジカセの工場で働き始めていた。
彼 (かれ) : he/ his / him
そして : then
ラジカセ (らじかせ) : a radio-cassette recorder
工場 (こうじょう) : a factory
働く (はたらく) : to work (verb)
始める (はじめる) : to begin, to start (verb), You will begin it.
始めた。: You began it.
始めていた。: You began it. You had already begun it. You eventually began it. (past activity)
そして彼は、始めていた。: He then began it. He eventually began it.
働き始める : to begin working (verb)
工場で働く : to work at a factory (verb)
働き始めた : You begun working.
働き始めていた : You had begun working.
彼は、工場で働き始めている。: He has already begun working at a factory. He is now working at a factory. (current and recent activity)
彼は、工場で働き始めていた。: He had already begun working at a factory. He was now working at a factory. (past activity)
By the time he was thirty, before any of his coworkers knew it, he had already quit his job at the company.
三十歳になると、彼は、いつの間にか会社を辞めていた。
三十歳 (さんじゅっさい) : thirty years old
三十歳になると、: when you are/were thirty
彼 (かれ) : he / his / him
いつのまにか : before his coworkers knew it, before his coworkers noticed it, before his coworkers realized it
三十歳になると、: when you are/were thirty
彼 (かれ) : he / his / him
いつのまにか : before his coworkers knew it, before his coworkers noticed it, before his coworkers realized it
会社 (かいしゃ) : a company
辞める (やめる) : to quit your job (verb)
会社を辞める : to quit your job, to leave your company (verb)
会社を辞めていた : You had quit your job, You had left your company.
None of his former coworkers knew whether the man found a new job or not.
会社 (かいしゃ) : a company
同僚 (どうりょう) : your coworker
同僚 (どうりょう) : your coworker
元同僚 (もとどうりょう) : your former coworker
同僚達 (どうりょうたち) : your coworkers
元同僚達 (もとどうりょうたち) : your former coworkers
会社の元同僚達 : your former coworkers at the company
どこ？: Where?
どこか : somewhere, some company (in this context)
転職 (てんしょく) : changing your job, quitting your current job and finding a new job, leaving your current company and finding another company (noun)
転職する : to quit your current job and find a new job (verb)
転職した。: You quit your job and found new one. (past action)
彼はどこかに転職した。 : He found a new job somewhere.
したのか？ : Did you do it?
転職したのか？ : Did you quit your job and find a new one?
彼がどこかに転職したのか : whether he found a new job somewhere
知る (しる) : to get to know (verb)
知らない : You don't know it.
知らなかった : You didn't know it.
誰も知らない : No one knows it.
誰も知らなかった : No one knew it it.
元同僚達は、誰も知らなかった。: None of your former coworkers knew it.
四十歳の時、男は、いつの間にか、外国に住んでいた。
四十歳 (よんじゅっさい) : forty years old
時 (とき) : the time, at a certain time which you have just mentioned
四十歳の時 : when you will be forty years old, when you were forty years old (adverb clause)
男 (おとこ) : a man, the man
いつのまにか : before people knew it, before people noticed it, before people realized it, before people paid attentioned to it
時 (とき) : the time, at a certain time which you have just mentioned
四十歳の時 : when you will be forty years old, when you were forty years old (adverb clause)
男 (おとこ) : a man, the man
いつのまにか : before people knew it, before people noticed it, before people realized it, before people paid attentioned to it
外国 (がいこく) : a foreign country
住む (すむ) : to live in a certain area (verb)
外国に住む : to live in a foreign country (verb)
外国に住んでいる : You live in a foreign country.
外国に住んでいた。: You lived in a foreign country.
四十歳の時、外国に住んでいた。: When you were forty years old, you were living in a foreign country.
男は、外国に住んでいた。: The man was living in a foreign country at the time. (past progress), The man lived in a foreign country. (past experience)
四十歳の時、男は、外国に住んでいた。: When the man was forty years old, he was living in a foreign country.
男は、いつの間にか、外国に住んでいた。: The man somehow ended up living in a foreign country. (past situation)
His own mother did not even know where he was.
彼の母親でさえ、彼の滞在先を知らなかった。
Before he became fifty, the man had returned to his home country, Japan.
彼 (かれ) : he / his / him
母 (はは) : my mother, my mom (You say "母" when you refer to your mom. For example, when you introduce your mom to your friend.)
母親 (ははおや) : someone's mother
彼の母親 : his mother
母親でさえ : even his/her mother
彼の母親でさえ : even his mother
滞在 (たいざい) : a stay, staying (noun)
滞在する : to stay (verb)
滞在先 (たいざいさき) : the place where you stay (adverb clause)
彼の滞在先 : the place where he stays (adverb clause)
知る (しる) : to get to know (verb)
知っている。(しっている) : You know it. (current and recent situation)
知らない : You don't know it. (current and recent situation)
知っていた。(しっていた) : You knew it. (past situation)
知らなかった : You didn't know it. (past situation)
彼の母親でさえ、知らなかった。: Even his mother didn't know it.
彼の滞在先を知らなかった。: You didn't know where he stayed.
母 (はは) : my mother, my mom (You say "母" when you refer to your mom. For example, when you introduce your mom to your friend.)
母親 (ははおや) : someone's mother
彼の母親 : his mother
母親でさえ : even his/her mother
彼の母親でさえ : even his mother
滞在 (たいざい) : a stay, staying (noun)
滞在する : to stay (verb)
滞在先 (たいざいさき) : the place where you stay (adverb clause)
彼の滞在先 : the place where he stays (adverb clause)
知る (しる) : to get to know (verb)
知っている。(しっている) : You know it. (current and recent situation)
知らない : You don't know it. (current and recent situation)
知っていた。(しっていた) : You knew it. (past situation)
知らなかった : You didn't know it. (past situation)
彼の母親でさえ、知らなかった。: Even his mother didn't know it.
彼の滞在先を知らなかった。: You didn't know where he stayed.
五十歳になる前に、いつの間にか彼は、日本に帰国していた。
五十歳 (ごじゅっさい) : fifty years old
五十歳になる : You reach to the age fifty.
前 (まえ) : before, ago, earlier
五十歳になる前に : Before he became fifty
いつのまにか : before people knew it, before people noticed it, before people realized it
彼 (かれ) : he / his / him
日本 (にほん) : Japan
帰国 (きこく) : returning to your home country (noun)
帰国する : to return to your home country (verb)
日本に帰国する : to return to Japan which is your home country (verb)
帰国している : You have already returned to your home country.
彼は帰国した : He returned to his home country.
帰国していた : You had already returned to your home country.
彼は、帰国していた。He had returned to his home country.
日本に帰国していた。You had returned to your home country, Japan.
いつの間にか彼は、帰国していた。: You had already returned your home country but people around you didn't notice it.
The man became sixty years old. One rainy day, the man woke up during the afternoon in his apartment in Tokyo. As he opened the window, the rain had stopped.
六十歳になった年の、ある雨の日、東京のアパートで、昼過ぎに目覚めた彼は、窓を開けたら、いつの間にか雨が止んでいた。
六十歳 (ろくじゅっさい) : sixty years old
年 (とし) : a year, the year, the year which you have just mentioned
六十歳になった年 : the year in which you have reached to sixty (adverb clause)
雨 (あめ) : a rain (noun)
日 (ひ) : a day, the day, the day which you have just mentioned
ある雨の日 : one rainy day (adverb clause)
東京 (とうきょう) : Tokyo
アパート : an apartment
東京のアパート : an apartment in Tokyo
アパートで、: at your apartment, in your apartment
昼 (ひる) : noon, the daytime
昼過ぎ (ひるすぎ) : afternoon
昼過ぎに : in the afternoon
目覚める (めざめる) : to wake up (verb)
目覚めた (めざめた) : You woke up, You have/had woken up.
昼過ぎに目覚めた : You woke up during the afternoon.
彼 (かれ) : he / his / him
昼過ぎに目覚めた彼 : he who woke up during the afternoon (noun clause)
窓 (まど) : a window
開ける (あける) : to open something (verb)
窓を開ける : to open the window (verb)
窓を開けた : You opened the window.
窓を開けたら : if you open the window, as you open/opened the window
いつの間にか (いつのまにか) : before you paid attention to it
止む (やむ) : Something stops.
雨が止む : The rain will stop.
雨が止んでいる : The rain has stopped. You have just noticed that the rain has already stopped. (current and recent situation)
雨が止んでいた : The rain had stopped. You noticed that the rain had already topped. (past situation)
He then went to a shopping mall alone.
六十歳になった年の、ある雨の日、東京のアパートで、昼過ぎに目覚めた彼は、窓を開けたら、いつの間にか雨が止んでいた。
六十歳 (ろくじゅっさい) : sixty years old
年 (とし) : a year, the year, the year which you have just mentioned
六十歳になった年 : the year in which you have reached to sixty (adverb clause)
雨 (あめ) : a rain (noun)
日 (ひ) : a day, the day, the day which you have just mentioned
ある雨の日 : one rainy day (adverb clause)
東京 (とうきょう) : Tokyo
アパート : an apartment
東京のアパート : an apartment in Tokyo
アパートで、: at your apartment, in your apartment
昼 (ひる) : noon, the daytime
昼過ぎ (ひるすぎ) : afternoon
昼過ぎに : in the afternoon
目覚める (めざめる) : to wake up (verb)
目覚めた (めざめた) : You woke up, You have/had woken up.
昼過ぎに目覚めた : You woke up during the afternoon.
彼 (かれ) : he / his / him
昼過ぎに目覚めた彼 : he who woke up during the afternoon (noun clause)
窓 (まど) : a window
開ける (あける) : to open something (verb)
窓を開ける : to open the window (verb)
窓を開けた : You opened the window.
窓を開けたら : if you open the window, as you open/opened the window
いつの間にか (いつのまにか) : before you paid attention to it
止む (やむ) : Something stops.
雨が止む : The rain will stop.
雨が止んでいる : The rain has stopped. You have just noticed that the rain has already stopped. (current and recent situation)
雨が止んでいた : The rain had stopped. You noticed that the rain had already topped. (past situation)
He then went to a shopping mall alone.
彼は、ひとりでショッピングモールに行った。
ひとり : one person
ひとりで : alone, by yourself
ショッピングモール : a shopping mall
行く (いく) : to go to a certain place (verb)
ひとりで行く : to go there alone (verb)
ショッピングモールに行く : to go to a shopping mall (verb)
行った (いった) : You went there.
ひとりで : alone, by yourself
ショッピングモール : a shopping mall
行く (いく) : to go to a certain place (verb)
ひとりで行く : to go there alone (verb)
ショッピングモールに行く : to go to a shopping mall (verb)
行った (いった) : You went there.
彼は、行った。: He went there. Has has gone.
彼は、ひとりで行った。: He went there alone.
彼は、ショッピングモールに行った。: He went to a shopping mall.
七十歳になり、買い物の支払いレジで、スマホ決済の操作に時間がかかり、若い店員がため息をついた。
七十歳 (ななじゅっさい) : seventy years old
七十歳になる。 : You are going to be seventy soon. You have just become seventy. (depends on the context, You really need to pay attention to the context.)
七十歳になり、... : As you have/had just become seventy, ......
買い物 (かいもの) : shopping, buying something (noun)
支払い (しはらい) : payment, paying money (noun)
買い物の支払い : a payment for your purchase (noun)
レジ (れじ) : a cashier, the checkout counter, a cash register
支払いレジ : a cashier at a supermarket, shop, store, restaurant, etc.
買い物の支払いレジで、: at the cashier for your purchase, when you pay at the cashier
スマホ : a smartphone such as an iPhone, Android phone, etc.
決済 (けっさい) : making up an account, completing a payment
スマホ決済 : a cashless payment with your smartphone
操作 (そうさ) : operating a device, machine, system, software program, etc.
スマホの操作 : operating your smartphone
時間 (じかん) : a time, the time, a period of time
時間がかかる : You are taking time to do something, You can not do it fast or quickly, You are slow to do it.
スマホ決済の操作に時間がかかる。 : It takes time for you to complete your payment. (current and recent situation)
スマホ決済の操作に時間がかかった。 : It took time for you to complete your payment. (past situation)
時間がかかり、..... : It takes time and/then/so .......
スマホ決済の操作に時間がかかり、.... : It took time for you to complete your payment and/then/so .....
店員 (てんいん) : a person who works for a store, shop, restaurant, etc.
ため息 (ためいき) : a sigh (noun)
ため息をつく : to sigh (verb)
若い店員 : a young cashier
ため息をついた。: You sighed.
店員がため息をついた。: A cashier sighed at you.
若い店員がため息をついた。: A young cashier sighed at you.
The man realized that he was old.
いつの間にか、彼は、歳を取っていた。
いつのまにか : before you knew it, before you noticed it, before you realized it, before you paid attention to it
彼 (かれ) : he / his / him
歳 (とし) : the age (noun)
取る (とる) : to take (verb)
歳を取る : to get old (verb)
歳を取った : You got old.
歳を取っている : You are old. (current situation)
彼は歳を取っている : He is old.
歳を取っていた。: You were old. (past situation)
彼は、歳を取っていた。: He was old. (past situation)
八十歳を過ぎたとき、近所の人は彼を見かけなくなった。
八十 (はちじゅう) : eighty
八十歳 (はちじゅっさい) : eighty years old (じゅう -> じゅっ)
過ぎ (すぎ) : past, after, over
過ぎる (すぎる) : to pass, to over (verb)
八十歳を過ぎる : You will be over eighty.
八十歳を過ぎた : You are over eighty.
八十歳を過ぎたとき : as/when you are past eighty (adverb clause)
近所 (きんじょ) : the neighborhood
人 (ひと) : a person or people (depends on the context)
近所の人 : the neighbors
彼 (かれ) : he / his / him
見かける (みかける) : You happen to see something or someone in your area such as on the street, around your house, in your town, in your school, in your workplace, etc.
見かけた : You happened to see someone or something somewhere.
近所の人は彼を見かけた : The neighbors happened to see him somewhere.
過ぎ (すぎ) : past, after, over
過ぎる (すぎる) : to pass, to over (verb)
八十歳を過ぎる : You will be over eighty.
八十歳を過ぎた : You are over eighty.
八十歳を過ぎたとき : as/when you are past eighty (adverb clause)
近所 (きんじょ) : the neighborhood
人 (ひと) : a person or people (depends on the context)
近所の人 : the neighbors
彼 (かれ) : he / his / him
見かける (みかける) : You happen to see something or someone in your area such as on the street, around your house, in your town, in your school, in your workplace, etc.
見かけた : You happened to see someone or something somewhere.
近所の人は彼を見かけた : The neighbors happened to see him somewhere.
見かけない。: You don't see something or someone here/there. (current situation)
見かける様になった。(みかけるようになった) : You have seen something or someone recently. (current and recent situation)
見かけなくなった。 (みかけなくなった) : You have not seen something or someone recently. (current and recent situation)
彼を見かけなくなった。: You haven't seen him recently. (current and recent situation), You hadn't seen him recently. (past situation, You need to pay attention to the context of the whole sentence.)
An apartment manager entered his room with a spare key. The man had already passed away in his room.
アパートの管理人が、合鍵で、彼の部屋に入ったら、いつの間にか、男は息を引き取っていた。
アパート (あぱーと) : an apartment
管理 (かんり) : management (noun), managing (noun)
管理人 (かんりにん) : a manager
アパートの管理人 : An apartment manager
合う (あう) : to match, to meet a condition, to agree (verb)
鍵 (かぎ) / キー : a key
合鍵 (あいかぎ) : a spare key
合鍵で : with/using a spare key (as a tool)
彼 (かれ) : he
部屋 (へや) : a room
彼の部屋 : his room
入る (はいる) : to enter (verb), to join a group (verb)
入った (はいった) : You entered.
息 (いき) : a breath, breathing (noun)
引き取る (ひきとる) : to accept, to receive, to take care of something or someone (verb)
息を引き取る : to pass away (verb, Please memorize this phrase as if it is one verb word.)
息を引き取っている。 (いきをひきとっている) : Someone has already passed away. He or she is already dead. (current and recent situation)
息を引き取っていた。 (いきをひきとっていた) : Someone had already passed away. He or she was already dead. (past situation)
男は息を引き取っている。: The man has passed away. (current and recent situation)
男は息を引き取っていた。: The man had passed away. (past situation)
見かける様になった。(みかけるようになった) : You have seen something or someone recently. (current and recent situation)
見かけなくなった。 (みかけなくなった) : You have not seen something or someone recently. (current and recent situation)
彼を見かけなくなった。: You haven't seen him recently. (current and recent situation), You hadn't seen him recently. (past situation, You need to pay attention to the context of the whole sentence.)
An apartment manager entered his room with a spare key. The man had already passed away in his room.
アパートの管理人が、合鍵で、彼の部屋に入ったら、いつの間にか、男は息を引き取っていた。
アパート (あぱーと) : an apartment
管理 (かんり) : management (noun), managing (noun)
管理人 (かんりにん) : a manager
アパートの管理人 : An apartment manager
合う (あう) : to match, to meet a condition, to agree (verb)
鍵 (かぎ) / キー : a key
合鍵 (あいかぎ) : a spare key
合鍵で : with/using a spare key (as a tool)
彼 (かれ) : he
部屋 (へや) : a room
彼の部屋 : his room
入る (はいる) : to enter (verb), to join a group (verb)
入った (はいった) : You entered.
部屋に入った。: You entered the room.
彼の部屋に入った : You entered his room.
合鍵で、部屋に入った : You entered the room with a spare key.
アパートの管理人が、部屋に入った。: The apartment manager entered the room.
アパートの管理人が、部屋に入った。: The apartment manager entered the room.
アパートの管理人が、合鍵で入った : The apartment manager entered it with a spare key.
部屋に入ったら、...... : As/If/When you enter the room, .........
いつの間にか (いつのまにか) : before the neighbors knew it, before the neighbors noticed it, before the neighbors realized it, before the neighbors paid attention to it
男 (おとこ) : the man
部屋に入ったら、...... : As/If/When you enter the room, .........
いつの間にか (いつのまにか) : before the neighbors knew it, before the neighbors noticed it, before the neighbors realized it, before the neighbors paid attention to it
男 (おとこ) : the man
息 (いき) : a breath, breathing (noun)
引き取る (ひきとる) : to accept, to receive, to take care of something or someone (verb)
息を引き取る : to pass away (verb, Please memorize this phrase as if it is one verb word.)
息を引き取っている。 (いきをひきとっている) : Someone has already passed away. He or she is already dead. (current and recent situation)
息を引き取っていた。 (いきをひきとっていた) : Someone had already passed away. He or she was already dead. (past situation)
男は息を引き取っている。: The man has passed away. (current and recent situation)
男は息を引き取っていた。: The man had passed away. (past situation)
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