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わたし
そぼ
祖母
くちぐせ
口癖
ように100
さい
まで
きる
っていました
85
さい
くなりました

My grandmother used to say that she would live to be a hundred, but she died at the age of 85.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1
grandmother  (see also: )
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0
noun
way of saying; favorite phrase; favourite phrase
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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1
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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0
particle
1. until (a time); till; to; up to  (often written with kana only)
2. to (a place); as far as  (often written with kana only)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to live; to exist
2. to make a living; to subsist
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0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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0
Most common form: なくなる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to die
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ソ    ancestor   
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and another, moreover   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ジ   シ   しめ to show   
ボ   はは mother   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ヘキ   くせ personal habit   
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ヘキ    rule   
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corpse
シン   から spicy   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
ill; illness
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
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