人生を振り返ってみると、私はいかに多くの時間を浪費したかがわかる。

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English Translation

When I look back on my life, I realize how much time I wasted.

Furigana

人生(じんせい)を振(ふ)り返(かえ)ってみると、私(わたし)はいかに多(おお)くの時間(じかん)を浪費(ろうひ)したかがわかる。

Romanji

Jinsei o furikaettemiru to, watashi wa ikani ōku no jikan o rōhishita ka ga wakaru.

Words

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

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.

振り返る (ふりかえる)

to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)

と (と)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

如何に (いかに)

how; in what way; however much; however (e.g. easy, rich, sad); whatever; how much; hey; oi

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

浪費 (ろうひ)

waste; extravagance

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

が (が)

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out