間近から見ると、ものごとはその欠点や本来備わる醜さを露わにする傾向がある。

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English Translation

Seen close-up, things have a way of showing their defects, their innate ugliness.

Furigana

間近(まぢか)から見(み)ると、ものごとはその欠点(けってん)や本来(ほんらい)備(そな)わる醜(みにく)さを露(ろ)わにする傾向(けいこう)がある。

Romanji

Majika kara miru to, monogoto wa sono ketten ya honrai sonawaru minikusa o Ro wani suru keikō ga aru.

Words

間近 (まぢか、まじか)

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

と (と)

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

物事 (ものごと)

things; everything

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

欠点 (けってん)

fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback; failure (in an examination); failing grade

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

本来 (ほんらい)

originally; primarily; essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself; proper; legal

備わる (そなわる)

to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be equipped with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be gifted with; to be among; to be one of

醜い (みにくい)

ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

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.

露 (つゆ)

dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

鰐 (わに、ワニ)

crocodile; alligator; crocodilian; shark

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

傾向 (けいこう)

tendency; trend; inclination

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