Attend Wake

Friday, April twenty seventh, two thousand and seven

Tonight I attended a wake held for my friend's father, who was ninety years old. Actually the friend was born long after his parents got married. To tell the truth, they had left no stone unturned to have a baby but couldn't for years. Since they thought they wouldn't be able to have their own children in their entire lives, they adopted a girl as their eldest daughter. However, they got a boy baby years later, needless to say, he is my friend. That's why his father was sort of older as a father of those who are the same age as me.


"quoted from LONGMAN Dictionary of Contemporary English"
wake [countable]: the time before or after a funeral when friends and relatives meet to remember the dead person 「通夜」
leave no stone unturned: to do everything you can in order to find something or to solve a problem: 「あらゆる手段を尽くす」