最後の葉が落ちる時、私もまた死ななければなりません。

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English Translation

When the last leaf falls, I must go, too.

Furigana

最後(さいご)の葉(は)が落(お)ちる時(とき)、私(わたし)もまた死(し)ななければなりません。

Romanji

Saigo no ha ga ochiru toki, watashi mo mata shinanakerebanarimasen.

Words

最後 (さいご)

last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

葉 (は)

leaf

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

落ちる (おちる)

to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; to become indecent (of a conversation); to be ruined; to go under; to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; to come to (in the end); to end in; to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); to swoon (judo); to consent; to understand; to crash; to freeze; to die; to move to the depths

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop