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前にお通夜で、親戚の人が「やっぱりいい人ほど…
→ “At a wake the other day, a relative said, 'It's true that the better people...'”
前 mae = before / previous (adverb/noun)
に ni = at / in (particle indicating time or location)
お通夜 otsuya = wake / vigil (n.)
お o = honorific prefix
通夜 tsuya = vigil / all-nighter
で de = at / by (particle indicating place or means)
、 = comma (punctuation)
親戚 shinseki = relative / kin (noun)
親 shi = parent / close
戚 seki = relation / kin
の no = of / possessive (particle)
人 hito = person / human (noun)
が ga = subject marker particle
「 = opening quotation mark (punctuation)
やっぱり yappari = as expected / indeed (adverb)
いい ii = good / nice (i-adjective)
人 hito = person / human (noun)
ほど hodo = to the extent that / as much as (particle)
… = ellipsis (indicates trailing off/suspense)
」 = closing quotation mark (punctuation)
