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Learn Japanese: jikan ga tarinai naa. - There's not enough time, is there.

Japanese
/The particle なあ
/jikan ga tarinai naa.

jikan ga tarinai naa.

Word

時じ間かん　が　足たりない　なあ。jikan ga tarinai naa.

Meaning

There's not enough time, is there.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

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The particle なあ

Note

なあ is used here to both express reflectiveness and seek confirmation

Breakdown of jikan ga tarinai naa.

subject particle

時じ間かんjikan

足たりるtariru

to be sufficient, to be enough

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

naa

versatile and expressive particle often used in conversational Japanese to convey a range of emotions, from reflection and emphasis to longing and admiration

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