老人はしばしば若いころのことを回顧する。

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English Translation

The old man often looks back on his youth.

Furigana

老人(ろうじん)はしばしば若(わか)いころのことを回顧(かいこ)する。

Romanji

Rōjin wa shibashiba wakai koro no koto o kaikosuru.

Words

老人 (ろうじん)

the aged; old person

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)

(blinking) repeatedly

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

ころ (ころ)

roller; runner; dried whale blubber

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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.

回顧 (かいこ)

recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review