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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

懐かしい昔のことを話すのが好きだ。

Sentence Analyzer

懐かしい こと 話す 好き

English Translation

I like to talk about the good old days.

Furigana

(なつ)かしい(むかし)のことを(はな)すのが()きだ。

Romanji

Natsukashii mukashi no koto o hanasu no ga suki da.

Words

懐かしい (なつかしい)
dear; desired; missed
(むかし)
olden days; former
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(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
()
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.
話す (はなす)
to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
好き (すき)
liking; fondness; love
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 エ、 ふところ、 なつ.かしい、 なつ.かしむ、 なつ.く、 なつ.ける、 なず.ける、 いだ.く、 おも.う
Meanings: pocket, feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast
Readings: セキ、 シャク、 むかし
Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something