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ろうじんたち
老人達
が
わかものたち
若者達
よりいつも
かしこ
賢
いとは
かぎ
限
らない。
The old are not always wiser than the young.
Grammar and points of interest
〜とは限らない（とはかぎらない） 〜とは限らない（とはかぎらない）
 
not necessarily ~
老人達が若者達よりいつも賢いとは限らない。
には, では, とは には, では, とは
 
emphasis
老人達が若者達よりいつも賢いとは限らない。
Conjugations and inflections
  限らない is the plain negative form of 'ru' godan verb 限る   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ろ う じ ん 0
the aged; old person
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young people
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よ り 0
particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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い つ も 1
adverb, noun
1. always; usually; every time  (often written with kana only)
2. never  (with neg. verb; often written with kana only)
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か し こ い 3
wise; clever; smart
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か ぎ る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to restrict; to limit; to confine
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
2. to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
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Kanji
老
ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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耂
old
匕
さじ spoon   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
達
タツ    arrive   
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羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
⻌
move
若
ジャク   ニャク   わかい young   もしくは or   
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右
ウ   ユウ   みぎ right   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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艹
grass   
者
シャ   もの person, someone   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
賢
ケン   かしこい wise   
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臤
かたい hard   
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臣
シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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又
また again   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
限
ゲン   かぎる to limit, restrict   
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艮
good
⻖
hill   
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