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あの歌を聴くと必ず高校時代を思い出す。

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あの 聴く 必ず 高校 時代 思い出す

English Translation

I never hear that song without remembering my high school days.

Furigana

あの(うた)()くと(かなら)高校(こうこう)時代(じだい)(おも)()す。

Romanji

Ano uta o kiku to kanarazu kōkō jidai o omoidasu.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
(うた)
song; classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); modern poetry
()
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.
聞く (きく)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
必ず (かならず)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably
高校 (こうこう)
senior high school; high school
時代 (じだい)
period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece
思い出す (おもいだす)
to recall; to remember; to recollect

Kanji

Readings: カ、 うた、 うた.う
Meanings: song, sing
Readings: チョウ、 テイ、 き.く、 ゆる.す
Meanings: listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
Meanings: tall, high, expensive
Readings: コウ、 キョウ
Meanings: exam, school, printing, proof, correction
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude