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