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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

悪い癖はいったんつくとなかなか取れないものだ。

Sentence Analyzer

悪い いったん つく なかなか 取れない もの

English Translation

A bad habit, once formed, cannot easily be got rid of.

Furigana

(わる)(くせ)はいったんつくとなかなか()れないものだ。

Romanji

Warui kuse wa ittan tsuku to nakanaka torenai mono da.

Words

悪い (わるい)
bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry
(くせ、へき)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism; crease; wrinkle; curl; kink
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
一旦 (いったん)
once; for a moment; temporarily; one morning
吐く (つく)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up; to spit up
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
中中 (なかなか)
very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; by no means (with negative verb); not readily; middle; half-way point; excellent; wonderful; very good
取れる (とれる)
to come off; to be removed; (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear; to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken as; (of balance, etc.) to be attained; to be obtainable
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む
Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Readings: ヘキ、 くせ、 くせ.に
Meanings: mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink
Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up