せっかく弁護士の資格があるのにもったいない。

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English Translation

What a waste of your lawyer qualifications!

Furigana

せっかく弁護士(べんごし)の資格(しかく)があるのにもったいない。

Romanji

Sekkaku bengoshi no shikaku ga aru no ni mottainai.

Words

折角 (せっかく)

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; precious; long-awaited; kind; specially; especially; expressly

弁護士 (べんごし)

lawyer; attorney

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

資格 (しかく)

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

勿体ない (もったいない)

impious; profane; sacrilegious; too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of; wasteful