作家は必ずしも人生をあるがままに描くとは限らない。

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English Translation

The writer does not always present life as it is.

Furigana

作家(さっか)は必(かなら)ずしも人生(じんせい)をあるがままに描(えが)くとは限(かぎ)らない。

Romanji

Sakka wa kanarazushimo jinsei o aru ga mamani egaku to wa kagiranai.

Words

作家 (さっか)

author; writer; novelist; artist

は (は)

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

必ずしも (かならずしも)

not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

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.

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

が (が)

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

儘に (ままに)

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

描く (えがく、かく)

to draw; to paint; to sketch; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine; to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

と (と)

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

限る (かぎる)

to restrict; to limit; to confine; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to