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Zach

好機が二度訪れることはめったにない。

Sentence Analyzer

好機 訪れる こと めったに ない

English Translation

Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

Furigana

好機(こうき)()()(おとず)れることはめったにない。

Romanji

Kōki ga ni do otozureru koto wa mettani nai.

Words

好機 (こうき)
good opportunity; chance
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
()
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol)
訪れる (おとずれる、おとづれる)
to visit; to call on; to arrive; to come; to appear
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
滅多に (めったに)
rarely; seldom
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
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: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う
Meanings: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy