人はとかく自分は欠点がないと考えがちである。事実をありのままに述べなさい。

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English Translation

One is apt to think oneself faultless. State the facts as they are.

Furigana

人(ひと)はとかく自分(じぶん)は欠点(けってん)がないと考(かんが)えがちである。事実(じじつ)をありのままに述(の)べなさい。

Romanji

Hito wa tokaku jibun wa ketten ga nai to kangaegachi de aru. jijitsu o arinomama ni nobe nasai.

Words

人 (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

は (は)

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

兎角 (とかく)

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; tending to become; somehow or other; anyhow; anyway; rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

欠点 (けってん)

fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback; failure (in an examination); failing grade

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

と (と)

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality

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.

有りのまま (ありのまま)

the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

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

述べる (のべる)

to state; to express; to mention

為さる (なさる)

to do