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父ちちは若わかい頃ころ、軍ぐん艦かんに乗のって任にん務むに就ついていた。

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father (humble)

若わかい頃ころ、

one's youth; one's younger days

expression, noun, adverb

軍ぐん艦かん

warship; battleship

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

get on; board; take

-> 乗るgodan verb

connective te-form

任にん務む

duty; mission; task; role

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

take a seat or position; assume office; take a job; ascend the throne; accede to a high position; set out; start on a journey; depart; study under a teacher; be apprenticed to someone

-> 就くgodan verb

and; and then; then; because; so; since; by; through; with; although; but; yet; connects to auxiliary verbs (e.g., ている, ていく); forms compound verbs (e.g., やって来る); please (do)

particle, conjunction

be; exist; stay; be ...-ing; have ...-ed; be ...-ed

-> いるichidan verb, auxiliary

past tense or completed action