早く帰った方がいい、暑いから。サバは、生き腐れとも言われるくらい足が早い。

Sentence Analyzer

早く帰った方がいい、暑いから。さばは、生き腐れとも言われるくらい足が早い。

English Translation

It's hot, so you'd better head back quickly. Mackerel goes off so fast that they coined 'fresh-looking rotten fish'.

Furigana

早(はや)く帰(かえ)った方(ほう)がいい、暑(あつ)いから。サバは、生(い)き腐(くさ)れとも言(い)われるくらい足(あし)が早(はや)い。

Romanji

Hayaku kaetta hō ga ii, atsui kara. saba wa, iki kusare to mo iwareru kurai ashi ga hayai.

Words

早い (はやい)

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

帰る (かえる)

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

いい (いい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

暑い (あつい)

hot (weather, etc.); warm

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

鯖 (さば、サバ)

mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)

は (は)

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

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

腐る (くさる)

to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk); to corrode; to weather; to crumble; to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice); to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt; to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action; to lose a bet; to be drenched; to become sopping wet

と (と)

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

足 (あし)

foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money; coin