値段の高いものの方が結局は経済的なことがよくある。

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English Translation

Expensive things often prove more economical in the long run.

Furigana

値段(ねだん)の高(たか)いものの方(ほう)が結局(けっきょく)は経済的(けいざいてき)なことがよくある。

Romanji

Nedan no takai mono no hō ga kekkyoku wa keizaiteki na koto ga yoku aru.

Words

値段 (ねだん)

price; cost

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

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

者 (もの、もん)

person

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

結局 (けっきょく)

after all; eventually; in the end

は (は)

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

経済的 (けいざいてき)

economic; economical

だ (だ)

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about