一文惜しみの百失い。
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English Translation
Penny-wise and pound-foolish.
Furigana
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
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: セキ、 お.しい、 お.しむ
Meanings: pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret
Readings: ヒャク、 ビャク、 もも
Meaning: hundred
Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる
Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss