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古き良き時代は過ぎ去って再び戻らない。

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古き 良き 時代 過ぎ去って 再び 戻らない

English Translation

The good old days are gone never to return.

Furigana

(ふる)()時代(じだい)()()って(ふたた)(もど)らない。

Romanji

Furuki yoki jidai wa sugisatte futatabi modoranai.

Words

古い (ふるい)
old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
良い (よい)
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
時代 (じだい)
period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
過ぎ去る (すぎさる)
to pass; to pass away
再び (ふたたび)
again; once more; a second time
戻る (もどる)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back

Kanji

Readings: コ、 ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す
Meaning: old
Readings: リョウ、 よ.い、 -よ.い、 い.い、 -い.い
Meanings: good, pleasing, skilled
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Readings: カ、 す.ぎる、 -す.ぎる、 -す.ぎ、 す.ごす、 あやま.つ、 あやま.ち、 よ.ぎる
Meanings: overdo, exceed, go beyond, error
Readings: キョ、 コ、 さ.る、 -さ.る
Meanings: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
Readings: サイ、 サ、 ふたた.び
Meanings: again, twice, second time
Readings: レイ、 もど.す、 もど.る
Meanings: re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards