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誰彼かまわず良い顔ばかりしていると、そのうち八方美人としか思われなくなるよ。

Sentence Analyzer

誰彼 かまわず 良い ばかり している そのうち 八方美人 しか 思われなく なる

English Translation

If you buddy up to everybody and anybody, pretty soon people will think you're just a people-pleaser.

Furigana

誰彼(だれかれ)かまわず()(かお)ばかりしていると、そのうち八方美人(はっぽうびじん)としか(おも)われなくなるよ。

Romanji

Darekare kamawazu yoi kao bakari shiteiru to, sonouchi happōbijin to shika omowarenaku naru yo.

Words

誰彼 (だれかれ、たれかれ)
this or that person; anybody; many people
構う (かまう)
to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to care for; to look after; to prepare for; to interfere with; to meddle in; to tease
良い (よい)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK
(かお、がん)
face; visage; look; expression; countenance; honor; honour; face; influence; notoriety
許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)
only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly
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; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
その内 (そのうち)
before very long; soon; eventually; sooner or later; of the previously mentioned
八方美人 (はっぽうびじん)
one who is affable to everybody; a flunky; person beautiful from all angles; everybody's friend; person who shows people what they want to see
しか (しか)
only; nothing but
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...
()
indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た
Meanings: who, someone, somebody
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: リョウ、 よ.い、 -よ.い、 い.い、 -い.い
Meanings: good, pleasing, skilled
Readings: ガン、 かお
Meanings: face, expression
Readings: ハチ、 や、 や.つ、 やっ.つ、 よう
Meanings: eight, eight radical (no. 12)
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: ビ、 ミ、 うつく.しい
Meanings: beauty, beautiful
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think