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若い時は二度ない、どんとやれ、男なーら、人のやれないことをやれ。

Sentence Analyzer

若い ない どんと やれ ーら やれない こと やれ

English Translation

You're only young once. Be a man and take on the world.

Furigana

(わか)(とき)()()ない、どんとやれ、(おとこ)なーら、(ひと)のやれないことをやれ。

Romanji

Wakai toki wa ni do nai, donto yare, otoko na -ra, hito no yarenai koto o yare.

Words

若い (わかい)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
(とき)
time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
()
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol)
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
どんと (どんと)
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
(おとこ、おっこ)
man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
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
(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
()
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.
遣る (やる)
to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...

Kanji

Readings: ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ、 わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し
Meanings: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: ニ、 ジ、 ふた、 ふた.つ、 ふたたび
Meanings: two, two radical (no.2)
Readings: ド、 ト、 タク、 たび、 -た.い
Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
Readings: ダン、 ナン、 おとこ、 お
Meaning: male
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person