大器晩成の大物と言われて久しいけど、彼、いつになったら化けるのかね。

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English Translation

I haven't heard anyone call him a late bloomer in a while. But I do wonder when he's going to grow up.

Furigana

大器晩成(たいきばんせい)の大物(おおもの)と言(い)われて久(ひさ)しいけど、彼(かれ)、いつになったら化(ば)けるのかね。

Romanji

Taikibansei no ōmono to iwarete hisashii kedo, kare, itsu ni nattara bakeru no ka ne.

Words

大器晩成 (たいきばんせい)

Great talents mature late

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

大物 (おおもの)

important person; big-shot; bigwig; big game (animal, fish); big thing; valuable thing

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

久しい (ひさしい)

long; long-continued; old (story)

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

何時 (いつ)

when; how soon

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

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 ...

化ける (ばける)

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not