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そんなことをするくらいなら
う
飢
え
じ
死
にしたほうがましだ。
I might as well starve as do such a thing.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
そんなことをするくらいなら飢え死にしたほうがましだ。
irregular verbs irregular verbs
 
来る（くる） and する
そんなことをするくらいなら飢え死にしたほうがましだ。
こんな, そんな & あんな こんな, そんな & あんな
 
such
そんなことをするくらいなら飢え死にしたほうがましだ。
なら conditional form なら conditional form
 
(verbs, adjectives, nouns) if
そんなことをするくらいなら飢え死にしたほうがましだ。
をする vs する をする vs する
 
そんなことをするくらいなら飢え死にしたほうがましだ。
ぐらい and くらい ぐらい and くらい
 
about, around, approximately
そんなことをするくらいなら飢え死にしたほうがましだ。
Conjugations and inflections
  なら is the conditional form of copula だ   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
そ ん な 0
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of  (see also: あんな, こんな, どんな)
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こ と 2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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く ら い 3
1. dark; gloomy
2. dark (in colour); dull
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だ
だ 0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: た; た after certain verb forms)
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う え じ に 0 う え じ に 4 う え じ に 3
Most common form: 飢死に
(death from) starvation; starving to death  (see also: 餓死; sensitive)
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ほ う 1
Most common form: 方
noun
1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
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ま し 0
1. better; less objectionable; preferable  (esp. マシ; often written with kana only)
noun (suffix)
2. more; increase; extra
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Kanji
飢
キ   starving   うえる to starve, to be hungry   
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飠
eat; food
几
キ    table   
死
シ   death   しぬ die   
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歹
death
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
匕
さじ spoon   
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