老(ろう)婆(ば) roubaが ga焼(や)け()死(し)ん()だ() yakeshinda。 The old woman burned to death. Literal Old-woman [subject-が] burned-died. 焼け死ぬ is a compound verb: 焼ける ('to burn') + 死ぬ ('to die'). Blunt and stark — no hedging or euphemism. が marks this as news being reported. daily life
老(ろう)婆(ば) roubaが ga焼(や)け()死(し)ん()だ() yakeshinda。 The old woman burned to death. Literal Old-woman [subject-が] burned-died. 焼け死ぬ is a compound verb: 焼ける ('to burn') + 死ぬ ('to die'). Blunt and stark — no hedging or euphemism. が marks this as news being reported. daily life