父(ちち) chichiは wa寝(ね)る() neruとき toki、よく yoku本(ほん) honを o読(よ)ん()で() yondeくれた kureta。 When I was going to bed, my father would often read to me. Literal Father [topic-は] sleep [when-とき], often books [object-を] read [for me-てくれた]. よく~てくれた — 'would often do X for me.' A warm memory of paternal care. The habitual past ~てくれた conveys repeated, appreciated past actions. familyreadingchildhoodparenting~とき (when)~てくれる (do for me/us)
父(ちち) chichiは wa寝(ね)る() neruとき toki、よく yoku本(ほん) honを o読(よ)ん()で() yondeくれた kureta。 When I was going to bed, my father would often read to me. Literal Father [topic-は] sleep [when-とき], often books [object-を] read [for me-てくれた]. よく~てくれた — 'would often do X for me.' A warm memory of paternal care. The habitual past ~てくれた conveys repeated, appreciated past actions. familyreadingchildhoodparenting~とき (when)~てくれる (do for me/us)