現役から引退した人は足が遠のくものだ。

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現役 から 引退した 遠のく もの

English Translation

People rarely come to see you once you are retired.

Furigana

現役(げんえき)から引退(いんたい)した(ひと)(あし)(とお)のくものだ。

Romanji

Gen'eki kara intaishita hito wa ashi ga tōnoku mono da.

Words

現役 (げんえき)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
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
引退 (いんたい)
retire
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(あし)
foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money; coin
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
遠退く (とおのく)
to become distant; to recede
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 あらわ.れる、 あらわ.す、 うつつ、 うつ.つ
Meanings: present, existing, actual
Readings: ヤク、 エキ
Meanings: duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
Readings: イン、 ひ.く、 ひ.き、 ひ.き-、 -び.き、 ひ.ける
Meanings: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
退
Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く
Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す
Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear
Readings: エン、 オン、 とお.い
Meanings: distant, far