昔のような身体の切れを取り戻したい。

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昔 の ような 身体 の 切れ を 取り戻したい 。

English Translation

I wish I could get back the tone and nimbleness I once had.

Furigana

昔(むかし)のような身体(しんたい)の切(き)れを取(と)り戻(もど)したい。

Romanji

Mukashi no yōna shintai no kire o torimodoshitai.

Words

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

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

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

体 (からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい)

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

切れ (きれ)

piece; slice; strip; scrap; cloth; sharpness; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

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.

取り戻す (とりもどす)

to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

Kanji

昔

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 むかし

Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times

身

Readings: シン、 み

Meanings: somebody, person, one's station in life

体

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち

Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

切

Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ

Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp

取

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

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

戻

Readings: レイ、 もど.す、 もど.る

Meanings: re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards