父(ちち) chichiが ga死(し)ん()で() shindeから kara五(ご) go年(ねん) nenの no歳(さい)月(げつ) saigetsuが ga経(た)っ()た() tatta。 Five years have passed since my father died. Literal Father [subject-が] died [since-てから] five-years's time [subject-が] passed. ~てから marks the starting point of the elapsed time. 歳月 ('years/time') is a literary word — literally 'years and months.' 経った means 'passed.' timedeathfamily~てから (after doing)
父(ちち) chichiが ga死(し)ん()で() shindeから kara五(ご) go年(ねん) nenの no歳(さい)月(げつ) saigetsuが ga経(た)っ()た() tatta。 Five years have passed since my father died. Literal Father [subject-が] died [since-てから] five-years's time [subject-が] passed. ~てから marks the starting point of the elapsed time. 歳月 ('years/time') is a literary word — literally 'years and months.' 経った means 'passed.' timedeathfamily~てから (after doing)