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人は交わる友によってその人物がわかる。

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交わる によって その 人物 わかる

English Translation

A man is known by the company he keeps.

Furigana

(ひと)(まじ)わる(とも)によってその人物(じんぶつ)がわかる。

Romanji

Hito wa majiwaru tomo niyotte sono jinbutsu ga wakaru.

Words

(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
交わる (まじわる)
to cross; to intersect; to join; to meet; to associate with; to mingle with; to consort with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
(とも)
friend; companion; comrade; pal
に因って (によって)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
人物 (じんぶつ)
person; character; figure; personage; man; woman; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
分かる (わかる)
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

Kanji

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: コウ、 まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも
Meanings: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Readings: ユウ、 とも
Meaning: friend
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter