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One Japanese phrase every day! (・∀・)/ ｲｲﾈ!! No.8

Let’s learn a Japanese phrase from anime/manga every day! (・∀・)ｲｲﾈ!!   I pick up a Japanese phrase from anime/manga (almost) every day to learn Japanese with you all!   I hope this (almost) every-day update post will help you get motivated to learn Japanese.     Today´s phrase is:

**Jpn : プロになるということは、止まらない列車に飛び乗るようなものだ。もう二度と降りる事はできない、負けて転がり堕ちるまでは。**   **Phonetic: Puro ni naru to iukoto wa, tomaranai ressha ni tobinoru youna monoda. Mou nidoto oriru koto wa dekiniai, makete korogari ochiru madewa.**   **Eng: Being a professional is like jumping on a train that doesn't stop. I can't get off again, until I lose and roll down.**    █―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█ **Vocabulary** プロ（ぷろ）**puro**: noun; professional に, **ni**: particle; to, toward, into なる, **naru**: verb; to become, to get, to grow, to reach, to attain と言うこと, **toiukoto**: adverb; that is to say, so that means は, **wa**: topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option 止まらない（とまらない）**tomaranai**: verb in negative form; not to stop, not to come to a stop 列車（れっしゃ）**ressha**: noun; train に, **ni**: particle; at (place, time), in, on, during 飛び乗る（とびのる）**tobinoru**: verb; to jump upon (a moving object) ような, **youna**: pre-noun; like, similar to もの, **mono**: particle; indicates reason or excuse だ, **da**: copula, auxiliary verb; indicates past or completed action, be, is もう, **mou**: adverb; already, yet, by now, anymore 二度と（にどと）, **nidoto**: adverb; never again 降りる（おりる）**oriru**: intransitive verb; to descend, to go down, to come down, to get off, to disembark 事（こと）**koto**: noun; thing, matter できない, **dekinai**: verb; to be able to do, to be up to the task 負けて（まけて）**makete**: verb; to lose, to be defeated, to succumb, to surrender 転がり堕ちる（ころがりおちる）**korobari ochiru**: verb; to tumble down, to roll down まで, **made**: particle; until, till, to up to █―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█    **Which anime/manga is the phrase from?** **March Comes In Like a Lion　（３月のライオン）**   **Who said the phrase?** **Rei Kiriyama　（桐山　零、　きりやま　れい）**   **Who is Rei Kiriyama?** 17 years old at the beginning of the series, later turns 18. A five dan in the beginning of the series, he is later promoted to six dan. Rei became a professional shōgi player while in middle school and his achievements soon made him one of the most promising players of his generation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi#Player_ranking_and_handicaps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_education_in_Japan   **Who wrote and illustrated?** **Chica Umino**   **References** **March Comes In Like a Lion** **https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_Comes_In_like_a_Lion#Other_characters**   **Chica Umino** **https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chica_Umino**