人生は大変短いのだから、時間を浪費すべきではない。

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English Translation

Life being very short, we ought not to waste time.

Furigana

人生(じんせい)は大変(たいへん)短(みじか)いのだから、時間(じかん)を浪費(ろうひ)すべきではない。

Romanji

Jinsei wa taihen mijikai no da kara, jikan o rōhisu beki de wa nai.

Words

人生 (じんせい)

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

は (は)

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

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

短い (みじかい)

short

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

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.

浪費 (ろうひ)

waste; extravagance

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix