真実を知ることは本当に難しいが真実を語ることはなおさら難しい。

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English Translation

It is truly difficult to know the truth, and still more difficult to speak it.

Furigana

真実(しんじつ)を知(し)ることは本当(ほんとう)に難(むずか)しいが真実(しんじつ)を語(かた)ることはなおさら難(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Shinjitsu o shiru koto wa hontōni muzukashii ga shinjitsu o kataru koto wa naosara muzukashii.

Words

真実 (しんじつ、さな、さね)

truth; reality

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.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

は (は)

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

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

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

が (が)

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

語る (かたる)

to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

尚更 (なおさら)

all the more; still less