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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

これまで浪費してきた時間を取り戻さなくてはならない。

Sentence Analyzer

これ まで 浪費してきた 時間 取り戻さなくて はならない

English Translation

You have to make good the time you have wasted so far.

Furigana

これまで浪費(ろうひ)してきた時間(じかん)()(もど)さなくてはならない。

Romanji

Kore made rōhishitekita jikan o torimodosanakute wanaranai.

Words

此れ (これ)
this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly
(まで)
until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely
浪費 (ろうひ)
waste; extravagance
時間 (じかん)
time; hours
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
取り戻す (とりもどす)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

Reading: ロウ
Meanings: wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained
Readings: ヒ、 つい.やす、 つい.える
Meanings: expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up
Readings: レイ、 もど.す、 もど.る
Meanings: re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards