自分の舌を自制することのできない者は適切に語ることができない。

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English Translation

He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue.

Furigana

自分(じぶん)の舌(した)を自制(じせい)することのできない者(もの)は適切(てきせつ)に語(かた)ることができない。

Romanji

Jibun no shita o jiseisuru koto no dekinai mono wa tekisetsu ni kataru koto ga dekinai.

Words

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

舌 (した)

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

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.

自制 (じせい)

self control; self restraint

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

者 (もの、もん)

person

は (は)

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

適切 (てきせつ)

pertinent; appropriate; adequate; relevance

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

語る (かたる)

to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

が (が)

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