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一度してしまったことは元には戻らない。

Sentence Analyzer

一度 してしまった こと 戻らない

English Translation

What's done cannot be undone.

Furigana

一度(いちど)してしまったことは(もと)には(もど)らない。

Romanji

Ichido shiteshimatta koto wa moto ni wa modoranai.

Words

一度 (いちど、ひとたび)
once; one time; on one occasion; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone; one musical interval
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(もと)
former; ex-
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
戻る (もどる)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ド、 ト、 タク、 たび、 -た.い
Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
Readings: ゲン、 ガン、 もと
Meanings: beginning, former time, origin
Readings: レイ、 もど.す、 もど.る
Meanings: re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards