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Originally Posted by Maxful
Thanks KyleGoetz. By the way, what exactly does "The debtor died on me" mean? I doubt it means that the debtor has passed away?
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It means that the debtor died, and 'I' was negatively affected by it. We don't have quite the same thing in english. The idea here is that someone owed you money, and they died and now they won't be able to pay you back, meaning you 'suffer'. It may not be physical suffering, but it's something bad that happens to you. I would give you the example of 'I was rained on' (watashi ha ame ni furareta) but I just realized I haven't turned on the japanese IME on my new keyboard. I apologize, but if someone else could actually put that into japanese. Sorry for the romaji.