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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

旧弊な人は新しい事になじめない。

Sentence Analyzer

旧弊な 新しい なじめない

English Translation

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Furigana

旧弊(きゅうへい)(ひと)(あたら)しい(こと)になじめない。

Romanji

Kyūheina hito wa atarashii koto ni najimenai.

Words

旧弊 (きゅうへい)
old-fashioned; conservatism; standing evil; the old school; antiquated
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
新しい (あたらしい)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
(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
()
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

Kanji

Readings: キュウ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-
Reading: ヘイ
Meanings: abuse, evil, vice, breakage
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly