この建物は正面から見ると大きいが横から見るとそうでもない。

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English Translation

This building looks large from the front, but not from the side.

Furigana

この建物(たてもの)は正面(しょうめん)から見(み)ると大(おお)きいが横(よこ)から見(み)るとそうでもない。

Romanji

Kono tatemono wa shōmen kara miru to ōkii ga yoko kara miru to sō demonai.

Words

此の (この)

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

建物 (たてもの)

building

は (は)

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

正面 (しょうめん)

front; frontage; facade; main

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

大きい (おおきい)

big; large; great; loud

が (が)

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

横 (よこ)

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside; next to; unconnected

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

でも (でも)

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do