人の出会いなんて、なんだかんだ、最初のインパクトで５０％以上は決まってしまっている。

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English Translation

When people meet, first impressions determine more than 50 percent of whatever happens next.

Furigana

人(ひと)の出会(であ)いなんて、なんだかんだ、最初(さいしょ)のインパクトで５０％以上(いじょう)は決(き)まってしまっている。

Romanji

Hito no deai nante, nandakanda, saisho no inpakuto de go zero pa-sento ijō wa kimatteshimatteiru.

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

出会い (であい)

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

何だかんだ (なんだかんだ、なんだかだ)

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

インパクト (インパクト)

impact

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.

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

は (は)

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

決まる (きまる)

to be decided; to be settled; to look good in (clothes)