衣食足りて礼節を知る。

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衣食 足りて 礼節 を 知る 。

English Translation

It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

Furigana

衣食(いしょく)足(た)りて礼節(れいせつ)を知(し)る。

Romanji

Ishoku tarite reisetsu o shiru.

Words

衣食 (いしょく)

food and clothing; livelihood; living; to feed and clothe

足りる (たりる)

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy; to be sufficient; to answer; to do

礼節 (れいせつ)

decorum; propriety; politeness

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

Kanji

衣

Readings: イ、 エ、 ころも、 きぬ、 -ぎ

Meanings: garment, clothes, dressing

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food

足

Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す

Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear

礼

Readings: レイ、 ライ

Meanings: salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration

節

Readings: セツ、 セチ、 ふし、 -ぶし、 のっと

Meanings: node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody

知

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom