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文明人も一皮むけば野蛮人。

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文明人 一皮むけば 野蛮人

English Translation

Scratch a Russian and find a Tartar.

Furigana

文明人(ぶんめいじん)一皮(ひとかわ)むけば野蛮人(やばんじん)

Romanji

Bunmeijin mo hitokawamukeba yabanjin.

Words

文明人 (ぶんめいじん)
civilized person; civilized people
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
一皮剥く (ひとかわむく)
to take a veneer off something
野蛮人 (やばんじん)
barbarian; savage

Kanji

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
Meanings: bright, light
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ヒ、 かわ
Meanings: pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)
Readings: ヤ、 ショ、 の、 の-
Meanings: plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Readings: バン、 えびす
Meaning: barbarian