会ってはじめて本当に人柄がわかるものだ。

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会ってはじめて 本当に 人柄 が わかる もの だ 。

English Translation

It's not until you have met him that you really understand a man.

Furigana

会(あ)ってはじめて本当(ほんとう)に人柄(ひとがら)がわかるものだ。

Romanji

Attehajimete hontōni hitogara ga wakaru mono da.

Words

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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

が (が)

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

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

会

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる

Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

当

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

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

柄

Readings: ヘイ、 がら、 え、 つか

Meanings: design, pattern, build, nature, character, handle, crank, grip, knob, shaft