みかけはそうではないのに本当は意地が悪い。

Sentence Analyzer

みかけ は そう で は ない のに 本当は 意地 が 悪い 。

English Translation

He doesn't look that way, but he's really a nasty piece of work.

Furigana

みかけはそうではないのに本当(ほんとう)は意地(いじ)が悪(わる)い。

Romanji

Mikake wa sō de wa nai noni hontōha iji ga warui.

Words

見かける (みかける)

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

は (は)

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

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

だ (だ)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

意地 (いじ)

stubborness; obstinacy; willpower; pride; disposition; nature; appetite; desire; greed

が (が)

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

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

Kanji

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

当

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself

意

Reading: イ

Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

地

Readings: チ、 ジ

Meanings: ground, earth

悪

Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む

Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong