These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.
オワコンと言われて久しいけど、なんとか踏ん張ってる状況
おわこんといわれてひさしいけど、なんとかふんばってるじょうきょうThey say it's dead, but it's somehow hanging on.
状況を見極めたって決断が遅ければ意味はない
じょうきょうをみきわめたってけつだんがおそければいみはないEven if you determine the situation, a delayed decision is meaningless.