一文惜しみの百失い。

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一文惜しみ の 百 失い 。

English Translation

Penny-wise and pound-foolish.

Furigana

一文惜(いちもんお)しみの百(ひゃく)失(うしな)い。

Romanji

Ichimon'oshimi no hyaku ushinai.

Words

一文惜しみ (いちもんおしみ)

stinginess; miserliness

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

百 (ひゃく、もも、はく)

100; hundred

失う (うしなう)

to lose; to part with

Kanji

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

惜

Readings: セキ、 お.しい、 お.しむ

Meanings: pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret

百

Readings: ヒャク、 ビャク、 もも

Meaning: hundred

失

Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる

Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss