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うわさだけに基づいて人の評価をしてはならない。

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うわさ だけ 基づいて 評価 して はならない

English Translation

You must not base your estimation of a person on rumor alone.

Furigana

うわさだけに(もと)づいて(ひと)評価(ひょうか)をしてはならない。

Romanji

Uwasa dake ni motozuite hito no hyōka o shite wanaranai.

Words

(うわさ)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
()
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
基づく (もとづく)
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
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
評価 (ひょうか)
valuation; estimation; assessment; evaluation; rating; to value; to assess; to rate; to estimate value; to appreciate; to value highly; to acknowledge the value (of something)
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

Readings: キ、 もと、 もとい
Meanings: fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Reading: ヒョウ
Meanings: evaluate, criticism, comment
Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい
Meanings: value, price