彼女は気難しそうに見えるが、本当は優しい。

Sentence Analyzer

彼女 は 気難しそう に 見える が 、 本当は 優しい 。

English Translation

She looks bad-tempered, but she is kind at heart.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)は気難(きむずか)しそうに見(み)えるが、本当(ほんとう)は優(やさ)しい。

Romanji

Kanojo wa kimuzukashisō ni mieru ga, hontōha yasashii.

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

優しい (やさしい)

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

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

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

難

Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い

Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

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

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

当

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself

優

Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 やさ.しい、 すぐ.れる、 まさ.る

Meanings: tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness