最初は簡単に思えることがあとで難しいと分かることがよくある。

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English Translation

What seems easy at first often turns out to be difficult.

Furigana

最初(さいしょ)は簡単(かんたん)に思(おも)えることがあとで難(むずか)しいと分(わ)かることがよくある。

Romanji

Saisho wa kantan ni omoeru koto ga ato de muzukashii to wakaru koto ga yoku aru.

Words

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

は (は)

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

簡単 (かんたん)

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

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

思える (おもえる)

to seem; to appear likely

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

が (が)

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

後 (あと)

behind; rear; after; later; after one's death; remainder; the rest; descendant; successor; heir; past; previous; more (e.g. five more minutes); left

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.

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

と (と)

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

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