よい隣人は遠くの親戚よりよい、という趣旨の格言がある。

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English Translation

We have a saying to the effect that a good neighbor is better than a faraway relative.

Furigana

よい隣人(りんじん)は遠(とお)くの親戚(しんせき)よりよい、という趣旨(しゅし)の格言(かくげん)がある。

Romanji

Yoi rinjin wa tōku no shinseki yori yoi, toiu shushi no kakugen ga aru.

Words

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

隣人 (りんじん)

neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

遠く (とおく)

far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far

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

親戚 (しんせき)

relative; relation; kin

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

趣旨 (しゅし)

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect; goal; intent; object; aim; point

格言 (かくげん)

saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and