大学時代を振り返ってみるとあたかも１世紀前の事のように思える。

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English Translation

Looking back on our college days, it seems as if they were a century ago.

Furigana

大学(だいがく)時代(じだい)を振(ふ)り返(かえ)ってみるとあたかも１世紀(せいき)前(まえ)の事(こと)のように思(おも)える。

Romanji

Daigaku jidai o furikaettemiru to atakamo ichi seiki mae no koto no yōni omoeru.

Words

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

を (を)

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.

振り返る (ふりかえる)

to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

恰も (あたかも、あだかも)

as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

世紀 (せいき)

century; era

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

の (の)

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

事 (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

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

思える (おもえる)

to seem; to appear likely