善と悪を見分けるのは必ずしもやさしいことではない。

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English Translation

It is not always easy to distinguish good from evil.

Furigana

善(ぜん)と悪(あく)を見分(みわ)けるのは必(かなら)ずしもやさしいことではない。

Romanji

Zen to aku o miwakeru no wa kanarazushimo yasashii koto de wa nai.

Words

善 (ぜん)

good; goodness; right; virtue

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

悪 (あく)

evil; wickedness

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.

見分ける (みわける)

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually); to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)

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

は (は)

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

必ずしも (かならずしも)

not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely

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