彼女は若そうに見えるが、実際はあなたより年上です。

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English Translation

She looks young, but as a matter of fact she is older than you are.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)は若(わか)そうに見(み)えるが、実際(じっさい)はあなたより年上(としうえ)です。

Romanji

Kanojo wa wakasō ni mieru ga, jissai wa anata yori toshiue desu.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

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

実際 (じっさい)

practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

年上 (としうえ)

older; senior

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

女

Readings: ジョ、ニョ、ニョウ、おんな、め

Meanings: woman, female

若

Readings: ジャク、ニャク、ニャ、わか.い、わか-、も.しくわ、も.し、も.しくは、ごと.し

Meanings: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

見

Readings: ケン、み.る、み.える、み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

実

Readings: ジツ、シツ、み、みの.る、まこと、みの、みち.る

Meanings: reality, truth

際

Readings: サイ、きわ、 -ぎわ

Meanings: occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when

年

Readings: ネン、とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

上

Readings: ジョウ、ショウ、シャン、うえ、 -うえ、うわ-、かみ、あ.げる、 -あ.げる、あ.がる、 -あ.がる、あ.がり、 -あ.がり、のぼ.る、のぼ.り、のぼ.せる、のぼ.す、よ.す

Meanings: above, up