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会ってみるまで本当に人柄は判らない。

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会ってみる まで 本当に 人柄 判らない

English Translation

You do not really understand a man till you have met him.

Furigana

()ってみるまで本当(ほんとう)人柄(ひとがら)(わか)らない。

Romanji

Attemiru made hontōni hitogara wa wakaranai.

Words

会う (あう)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(まで)
until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely
本当に (ほんとうに、ほんとに、ホントに、ホントーに、ホントウに)
really; truly
人柄 (ひとがら)
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ヘイ、 がら、 え、 つか
Meanings: design, pattern, build, nature, character, handle, crank, grip, knob, shaft
Readings: ハン、 バン、 わか.る
Meanings: judgement, signature, stamp, seal