若い時は二度ない わかいときはにどない Also written 若いときは二度ない Meanings Expression, い-adjective you are only young once; youth doesn't come twice; gather ye rosebuds while ye may Kanji 若 young. Read as わかい. 時 time. Read as とき. 二 two 度 degree Word lists Proverbs Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists