私はあの人が将来偉くなると見取った。

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私はあの人が将来偉くなると見取った。

English Translation

I discerned the potential of great things in him.

Furigana

私(わたし)はあの人(ひと)が将来(しょうらい)偉(えら)くなると見取(みと)った。

Romanji

Watashi wa ano hito ga shōrai eraku naru to mitotta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

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

が (が)

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

将来 (しょうらい)

future (usually near); prospects

偉い (えらい)

great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent; awful; terrible

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

と (と)

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

見とる (みとる)

to perceive; to understand