手の中の一羽の鳥は、藪の中の二羽の価値がある。
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English Translation
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Furigana
Romanji
Te no naka no ichi wa no tori wa, Yabu no naka no ni wa no kachi ga aru.
Words
手
(て)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)
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
中
(なか)
inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while
一
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
羽
(わ、ば、ぱ)
counter for birds and rabbits
鳥
(とり)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
藪
(やぶ、ヤブ)
thicket; bush; grove; scrub; (medical) quack
二
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
価値
(かち)
value; worth; merit
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
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
Kanji
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ウ、 は、 わ、 はね
Meanings: feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
Readings: チョウ、 とり
Meanings: bird, chicken
Readings: ソウ、 やぶ
Meanings: thicket, bush, underbrush, grove
Readings: ニ、 ジ、 ふた、 ふた.つ、 ふたたび
Meanings: two, two radical (no.2)
Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい
Meanings: value, price
Readings: チ、 ね、 あたい
Meanings: price, cost, value