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亡くなる (なくなる): to pass away — Japanese vocabulary

亡くなる is read なくなる and means "to pass away". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

亡くなる

Reading
なくなる · nakunaru
Translation
to pass away
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
なくなるが

Example

祖父は去年亡くなりました。

そふはきょねんなくなりました。

My grandfather passed away last year.

Kanji in this word

  • 亡 — perish, die

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