自分の目耳で見聞きしていないものは、本当かもしれないが、本当ではないかもしれない。

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English Translation

What you don't see and hear with your own ears and eyes might be true, but it might also not be true.

Furigana

自分(じぶん)の目(め)耳(みみ)で見聞(みき)きしていないものは、本当(ほんとう)かもしれないが、本当(ほんとう)ではないかもしれない。

Romanji

Jibun no me mimi de mikikishiteinai mono wa, hontō kamo shirenai ga, hontō de wa nai kamo shirenai.

Words

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

耳 (みみ)

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

見聞き (みきき)

information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

者 (もの、もん)

person

は (は)

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

本当 (ほんとう、ほんと)

truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe

が (が)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix