学生生活をなまけ過ごすとは愚かなことだ。

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English Translation

It is absurd to idle away the student life.

Furigana

学生(がくせい)生活(せいかつ)をなまけ過(す)ごすとは愚(おろ)かなことだ。

Romanji

Gakusei seikatsu o namake sugosu to wa orokana koto da.

Words

学生 (がくせい)

student (esp. a university student)

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

を (を)

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.

怠ける (なまける)

to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)

過ごす (すごす)

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support; to overdo; to do too much; to ... without acting on it

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

愚か (おろか)

foolish; stupid

事 (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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative