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こじん
故人
は８０
さい
歳
であった。
The deceased was eighty years old.
Grammar and points of interest
other forms of です other forms of です
 
だ, である, であります, でございます, ではない etc
故人は８０歳であった。
Conjugations and inflections
  であった is the past form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
こ じ ん 1
noun
the deceased; the departed
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は ち 2
numeric
eight  (捌 is used in legal documents)
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さ い 1
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
故
コ   strike   ゆえ reason; deceased   
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古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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攵
ぼく strike   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
歳
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
戌
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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戊
number 5, 5th   
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戈
tasseled spear
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