人生は短い (jinsei wa mijikai)
The Japanese phrase 人生は短い meaning "Life is Short" is composed of the words 人生 (read jinsei) meaning "life", the grammatical element は (read wa) here acting like "is", and 短い (read mijikai) meaning "short".
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