この一見、あたりまえのように見えることが、実は難しいのである。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

This, appearing at first glance to be perfectly obvious, is actually very difficult.

Furigana

この一見(いっけん)、あたりまえのように見(み)えることが、実(じつ)は難(むずか)しいのである。

Romanji

Kono ikken, atarimae no yōni mieru koto ga, jitsuha muzukashii no de aru.

Words

此の (この)

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

一見 (いっけん)

look; glimpse; glance; to glance; to glimpse; apparently; seemingly; first meeting

当たり前 (あたりまえ)

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary; commonplace; the norm

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

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

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)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...