かつてのアイドルも４０過ぎるとただのおばさんか。

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かつて の アイドル も ４ ０ 過 ぎるとただのおばさんか 。

English Translation

Former pop stars are just plain old women by the time they're 40.

Furigana

かつてのアイドルも４０過(か)ぎるとただのおばさんか。

Romanji

Katsute no aidoru mo yon zero ka girutotadanoobasanka.

Words

嘗て (かつて、かって)

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

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

アイドル (アイドル、アイドゥル)

young star; young entertainer; heartthrob; TV personality; idol; idol; image; idle

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

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

過 (か)

surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

Kanji

過

Readings: カ、 す.ぎる、 -す.ぎる、 -す.ぎ、 す.ごす、 あやま.つ、 あやま.ち、 よ.ぎる

Meanings: overdo, exceed, go beyond, error