人はその人の真の姿を見せてやる以外に欠点を直させる方法はない。

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English Translation

Men can only be corrected by showing them what they are.

Furigana

人(ひと)はその人(ひと)の真(しん)の姿(すがた)を見(み)せてやる以外(いがい)に欠点(けってん)を直(なお)させる方法(ほうほう)はない。

Romanji

Hito wa sono hito no shin no sugata o miseteyaru igaini ketten o naosaseru hōhō wa nai.

Words

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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...

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

真 (しん)

truth; reality; genuineness; seriousness; logical TRUE; printed style writing; star performer

姿 (すがた)

figure; form; shape; appearance; dress; guise; state; condition; picture; image; form (of a waka); dressed in ...; wearing ...

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.

見せる (みせる)

to show; to display

欠点 (けってん)

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

治す (なおす)

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to repair; to do over again (after -masu base of verb); to replace; to put back as it was; to convert (into a different state); to transform

方法 (ほうほう)

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix