吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

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吠える犬はめったに噛み付く事はない。

English Translation

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Furigana

吠(ほ)える犬(いぬ)はめったに噛(か)み付(つ)く事(こと)はない。

Romanji

Hoeru inu wa metta ni kamitsuku koto wa nai.

Words

吠える (ほえる)

to bark; to bay; to howl; to bellow; to roar; to cry

犬 (いぬ)

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

は (は)

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

滅多 (めった)

thoughtless; reckless; careless; rash; seldom (with neg. verb); rare; ordinary; usual; common; excessive; immoderate; extreme

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

噛み付く (かみつく)

to bite (at); to snap at; to snarl at

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix