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A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
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Vocabulary list

boro
noun, prefix
  1. rag; scrap; tattered clothes
  2. fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect
na adjective
  1. run-down; shabby; junky
fuku
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. clothes (esp. Western clothes)
suffix, counter
  1. counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
shoujikimono
noun
  1. honest person
shoujiki
na adjective, noun
  1. honest; frank; candid; straightforward
adverb
  1. honestly; frankly
mono
noun
  1. person (rarely used without a qualifier)
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
tsutsumu

te-form

tsutsunde
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to wrap up; to pack; to bundle; to do up
  2. to cover; to envelop; to shroud; to engulf (usu. in the passive)
  3. to conceal (a feeling); to hide
  4. to give (money in an envelope; as a wedding gift, funeral offering, etc.)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
kamoshirenai
expression
  1. may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
kamo
particle
  1. may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
shiru

Potential Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

shirenai
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
  2. to notice; to feel
  3. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
  4. to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure)
  5. to experience; to go through; to learn
  6. to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know
  7. to concern

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