人はとかく自分の欠点に気が付かないものだ。

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English Translation

People often don't notice their own faults.

Furigana

人(ひと)はとかく自分(じぶん)の欠点(けってん)に気(き)が付(つ)かないものだ。

Romanji

Hito wa tokaku jibun no ketten ni kigatsukanai mono da.

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

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

欠点 (けってん)

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

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

気がつく (きがつく)

to notice; to become aware; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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