困った時には、物事はしばしば実際より悪く見えるという事実で気を取り直すことがある。

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English Translation

When we are in trouble we can take heart from the fact that things often seem worse than they are.

Furigana

困(こま)った時(とき)には、物事(ものごと)はしばしば実際(じっさい)より悪(わる)く見(み)えるという事実(じじつ)で気(き)を取(と)り直(なお)すことがある。

Romanji

Komatta tokini wa, monogoto wa shibashiba jissai yori waruku mieru toiu jijitsu de ki o torinaosu koto ga aru.

Words

困る (こまる)

to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

は (は)

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

物事 (ものごと)

things; everything

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)

(blinking) repeatedly

実際 (じっさい)

practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

悪い (わるい)

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

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality

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.

気 (き)

spirit; mind; heart; nature; disposition; motivation; intention; mood; feelings; atmosphere; essence

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.

取り直す (とりなおす)

to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)

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

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