時代に取り残される
left behind the times
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時代に取り残される | 時代 jidai time, period, an age | 時 ji - time, hour [B] |
There are times when I feel the weight of technology coming like a freight train.
SUGGESTED USAGE:
時代に取り残されないように、そろばんの勉強を始めた。
jidai ni tori nokosarenai you ni, soroban no benkyou o hajimeta.
So I wouldn't be left behind the times, I started studying the abacus.
- ～されない ~sarenai - not ~ed [passive negative; I would not be left...]
- ように you ni - so that; in order to
- そろばん soroban - abacus; old adding device
- の no - possessive in this case, study of soroban
- 勉強 ben kyou - study
- を o - direct object particle What was started was the study of soroban
- 始めた hajimeta - began simple past
