貧(びん)乏(ぼう) binbouだ daけれども keredomo、彼(かれ) kareは wa嘘(うそ)を()つ()く() usowotsukuような younaこと kotoは waしない shinai。 Although he's poor, he would never stoop to lying. Literal Poor [although-だけれども] he [topic-は] lie [object-を] tell [such-ような] thing [topic-は] does-not-do. けれども is the most formal variant of the けど/けれど family. ようなことはしない means 'would not do something like that' — ような connects lying to the type of behavior being denied. The は in ことは adds emphasis to the negation, drawing a line. povertymoralitypersonalitycontrastive は~けど/~けれど (but)
貧(びん)乏(ぼう) binbouだ daけれども keredomo、彼(かれ) kareは wa嘘(うそ)を()つ()く() usowotsukuような younaこと kotoは waしない shinai。 Although he's poor, he would never stoop to lying. Literal Poor [although-だけれども] he [topic-は] lie [object-を] tell [such-ような] thing [topic-は] does-not-do. けれども is the most formal variant of the けど/けれど family. ようなことはしない means 'would not do something like that' — ような connects lying to the type of behavior being denied. The は in ことは adds emphasis to the negation, drawing a line. povertymoralitypersonalitycontrastive は~けど/~けれど (but)