人の面前にいるときと陰にまわったときとで、まったく別の態度をとろうとすることなど、危険な企てはない。

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English Translation

There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

Furigana

人(ひと)の面前(めんぜん)にいるときと陰(かげ)にまわったときとで、まったく別(べつ)の態度(たいど)をとろうとすることなど、危険(きけん)な企(くわだ)てはない。

Romanji

Hito no menzen ni iru toki to kage ni mawatta toki to de, mattaku betsu no taido o torou to suru koto nado, kikenna kuwadate wa nai.

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

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

面前 (めんぜん)

presence

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

と (と)

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

陰 (かげ)

shade; shadow; other side; back; background

回る (まわる)

to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

全く (まったく)

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; good grief (expression of exasperation)

別 (べつ、べち)

distinction; difference; different; another; particular; separate; extra; exception

態度 (たいど)

attitude; manner; behaviour

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.

穫る (とる)

to harvest (a crop)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

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

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

危険 (きけん)

danger; peril; hazard; risk

企て (くわだて)

plan; attempt; undertaking

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix