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経験というものは、大きな犠牲を払って得た場合は、決して忘れてしまうことはないものだ。

Sentence Analyzer

経験 という もの 大きな 犠牲 払って得た 場合 決して 忘れてしまう こと ない もの

English Translation

Experience, when it is dearly bought, is never discarded.

Furigana

経験(けいけん)というものは、(おお)きな犠牲(ぎせい)(はら)って()場合(ばあい)は、(けっ)して(わす)れてしまうことはないものだ。

Romanji

Keiken toiu mono wa, ōkina gisei o haratteeta baai wa, kesshite wasureteshimau koto wa nai mono da.

Words

経験 (けいけん)
experience
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(もの、もん)
person
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
大きな (おおきな)
big; large; great
犠牲 (ぎせい)
victim; sacrifice; scapegoat
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
払う (はらう)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)
場合 (ばあい)
case; situation
決して (けっして、けして)
never; by no means; not in the least; in no way
忘れる (わすれる)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
(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
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 へ.る、 た.つ、 たていと、 はか.る、 のり
Meanings: sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
Readings: ケン、 ゲン、 あかし、 しるし、 ため.す、 ためし
Meanings: verification, effect, testing
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ギ、 キ、 いけにえ
Meaning: sacrifice
Reading: セイ
Meanings: animal sacrifice, offering
Readings: フツ、 ヒツ、 ホツ、 はら.う、 -はら.い、 -ばら.い
Meanings: pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of
Readings: トク、 え.る、 う.る
Meanings: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: ゴウ、 ガッ、 カッ、 あ.う、 -あ.う、 あ.い、 あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、 あ.わす、 あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる
Meanings: fit, suit, join, 0.1
Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く
Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
Readings: ボウ、 わす.れる
Meaning: forget