年を取れば取るほど、ますます記憶が悪くなる。

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年 を 取れば 取る ほど 、 ますます 記憶 が 悪く なる 。

English Translation

The older we grow, the poorer our memory becomes.

Furigana

年(とし)を取(と)れば取(と)るほど、ますます記憶(きおく)が悪(わる)くなる。

Romanji

Toshi o toreba toru hodo, masumasu kioku ga waruku naru.

Words

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

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.

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

益々 (ますます)

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

記憶 (きおく)

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

が (が)

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

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

記

Readings: キ、 しる.す

Meanings: scribe, account, narrative

憶

Reading: オク

Meanings: recollection, think, remember

悪

Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む

Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong