事象として簡単なことを、いかにも難しそうに表現する人はあまり頭がよさそうではない。

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English Translation

A person who makes an easy matter sound difficult does not seem to be so smart.

Furigana

事象(じしょう)として簡単(かんたん)なことを、いかにも難(むずか)しそうに表現(ひょうげん)する人(ひと)はあまり頭(あたま)がよさそうではない。

Romanji

Jishō toshite kantanna koto o, ikanimo muzukashisō ni hyōgensuru hito wa amari atama ga yosasō de wa nai.

Words

事象 (じしょう)

event; phenomenon; matter

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

簡単 (かんたん)

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

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

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.

如何にも (いかにも)

indeed; really; phrase indicating agreement

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

表現 (ひょうげん)

expression; presentation; representation; notation

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

余り (あまり、あんまり)

remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant; not very (with negative sentence); not much; surplus; excess; fullness; too much; more than; over

頭 (あたま、かしら)

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; intellect; leader; chief; boss; captain; top; tip; beginning; start; head; person; top structural component of a kanji

が (が)

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

だ (だ)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix