古きよき時代は過ぎ去って二度と戻ってこない。

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English Translation

The good old days are gone never to return.

Furigana

古(ふる)きよき時代(じだい)は過(す)ぎ去(さ)って二度(にど)と戻(もど)ってこない。

Romanji

Furuki yoki jidai wa sugisatte nidoto modottekonai.

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

は (は)

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

二度と (にどと)

never again (with negative verb)

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

古

Readings: コ、ふる.い、ふる-、 -ふる.す

Meaning: old

時

Readings: ジ、とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

代

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

過

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

去

Readings: キョ、コ、さ.る、 -さ.る

Meanings: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

二

Readings: ニ、ジ、ふた、ふた.つ、ふたたび

Meanings: two, two radical (no.2)

度

Readings: ド、ト、タク、たび、 -た.い

Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude

戻

Readings: レイ、もど.す、もど.る

Meanings: re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards