量より質が重要だ。

量より質が重要だ。

Quality is more important than quantity.

量(りょう)より質(しつ)が重要(じゅうよう)だ。

Ryō yori shitsu ga jūyō da.

量 (りょう)

quantity; amount; volume; portion (of food)

より (より)

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

質 (しつ)

quality

が (が)

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

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Readings: リョウ、はか.る

Meanings: quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise

Readings: シツ、シチ、チ、たち、ただ.す、もと、わりふ

Meanings: substance, quality, matter, temperament

Readings: ジュウ、チョウ、え、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう、かさ.ねる、かさ.なる、おも

Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

Readings: ヨウ、い.る、かなめ

Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to