父(ちち) chichiが ga死(し)ん()で() shinde十(じゅう) juu年(ねん) nenになる ninaru。 It's been ten years since my father died. Literal Father [subject-が] died [and-て] ten-years [into-に] becomes. ~して[time]になる is an elapsed-time pattern: 'it has been [time] since [event].' 死んで is the direct word for dying — blunter than the respectful 亡くなって. timedeathfamily
父(ちち) chichiが ga死(し)ん()で() shinde十(じゅう) juu年(ねん) nenになる ninaru。 It's been ten years since my father died. Literal Father [subject-が] died [and-て] ten-years [into-に] becomes. ~して[time]になる is an elapsed-time pattern: 'it has been [time] since [event].' 死んで is the direct word for dying — blunter than the respectful 亡くなって. timedeathfamily