English Sentence:

My uncle died of cancer last year.

Japanese Translation:

叔父が去年ガンで亡くなりました。

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Words used:

|叔父|
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|おじ|
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|オジ|

oji

uncle (younger brother of one's parent)

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ga

(nominative case particle), but (conjunction)

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きょ|ねん
キョ|ネン

kyonen

[informal] last year

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がん
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ガン
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gan

cancer (disease)

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de

(and, particle for time, places, measure/means, reason, contents, unity/coordination, age)

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|くなりました
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|くなりました
|クナリマシタ

nakunarimashita

to have died, to have passed away (polite, honorific)

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