先生は私達にのらくらして時間をむだにしないようにしばしば言ってきた。

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English Translation

Our teacher has often told us not to idle away our time.

Furigana

先生(せんせい)は私達(わたしたち)にのらくらして時間(じかん)をむだにしないようにしばしば言(い)ってきた。

Romanji

Sensei wa watashitachi ni norakura shite jikan o muda ni shinai yōni shibashiba ittekita.

Words

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

は (は)

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

のらくら (のらくら)

vaguely; idly; lazily; aimlessly

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

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.

無駄 (むだ)

futility; uselessness; pointlessness

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)

(blinking) repeatedly

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