これはあれよりも長いように見えるが、錯覚だ。

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English Translation

This looks longer than that, but it is an optical illusion.

Furigana

これはあれよりも長(なが)いように見(み)えるが、錯覚(さっかく)だ。

Romanji

Kore wa are yori mo nagai yōni mieru ga, sakkaku da.

Words

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

は (は)

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

我 (われ、わ、あれ、あ、わぬ、わろ)

I; me; oneself; you; prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

より (より)

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

も (も)

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

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)

が (が)

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

錯覚 (さっかく)

optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

長

Readings: チョウ、なが.い、おさ

Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior

見

Readings: ケン、み.る、み.える、み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

錯

Readings: サク、シャク

Meanings: confused, mix, be in disorder

覚

Readings: カク、おぼ.える、さ.ます、さ.める、さと.る

Meanings: memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up