善悪の見分けをつけるのはやさしいことではない。

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English Translation

It is not easy to distinguish good from evil.

Furigana

善悪(ぜんあく)の見分(みわ)けをつけるのはやさしいことではない。

Romanji

Zen'aku no miwake o tsukeru no wa yasashii koto de wa nai.

Words

善悪 (ぜんあく)

good and evil

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

見分け (みわけ)

distinction

を (を)

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.

点ける (つける)

to turn on; to switch on; to light up

は (は)

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

易しい (やさしい)

easy; plain; simple

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

だ (だ)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix