その問題は一見単純そうに見えますが、それほど単純ではない。

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English Translation

The problem is not as simple as it might seem at first sight.

Furigana

その問題(もんだい)は一見(いっけん)単純(たんじゅん)そうに見(み)えますが、それほど単純(たんじゅん)ではない。

Romanji

Sono mondai wa ikken tanjunsō ni miemasu ga, sorehodo tanjun de wa nai.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

一見 (いっけん)

look; glimpse; glance; to glance; to glimpse; apparently; seemingly; first meeting

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

それ程 (それほど)

to that degree; extent

単純 (たんじゅん)

simplicity; simple; uncomplicated

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix