子供のころの時間の過ごし方が、その後の人生を左右する。

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English Translation

What you spend time doing in your childhood affects the rest of your life.

Furigana

子供(こども)のころの時間(じかん)の過(す)ごし方(かた)が、その後(ご)の人生(じんせい)を左右(さゆう)する。

Romanji

Kodomo no koro no jikan no sugoshikata ga, sonogo no jinsei o sayūsuru.

Words

子供 (こども)

child; children

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

ころ (ころ)

roller; runner; dried whale blubber

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

その後 (そのご、そのあと、そののち)

after that; afterwards; thereafter

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

を (を)

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.

左右 (さゆう、そう、さう)

left and right; influence; control; domination