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せっかく弁護士の資格があるのにもったいない。

Sentence Analyzer

せっかく 弁護士 資格 ある もったいない

English Translation

What a waste of your lawyer qualifications!

Furigana

せっかく弁護士(べんごし)資格(しかく)があるのにもったいない。

Romanji

Sekkaku bengoshi no shikaku ga aru no ni mottainai.

Words

折角 (せっかく)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; precious; long-awaited; kind; specially; especially; expressly
弁護士 (べんごし)
lawyer; attorney
()
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
資格 (しかく)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
()
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
勿体ない (もったいない)
impious; profane; sacrilegious; too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of; wasteful

Kanji

Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 かんむり、 わきま.える、 わ.ける、 はなびら、 あらそ.う
Meanings: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
Readings: ゴ、 まも.る
Meanings: safeguard, protect
Readings: シ、 さむらい
Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Reading: 
Meanings: assets, resources, capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to
Readings: カク、 コウ、 キャク、 ゴウ
Meanings: status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)