人間は学ぶことができないほど年をとることはない。

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English Translation

No man is so old he cannot learn.

Furigana

人間(にんげん)は学(まな)ぶことができないほど年(とし)をとることはない。

Romanji

Ningen wa manabu koto ga dekinai hodo toshi o toru koto wa nai.

Words

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

は (は)

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

学ぶ (まなぶ)

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

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.

とる (とる)

is being

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix