この問題は一見簡単そうだが実は難しい。

Sentence Analyzer

この問題は一見簡単そうだが実は難しい。

English Translation

This problem seems to be easy on the surface, but it's really difficult.

Furigana

この問題(もんだい)は一見(いっけん)簡単(かんたん)そうだが実(じつ)は難(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Kono mondai wa ikken kantansō da ga jitsuha muzukashii.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

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

だ (だ)

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

が (が)

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

実は (じつは)

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky