言うまでもないことだが、健康の方が富より大事だ。

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English Translation

Needless to say, health is above wealth.

Furigana

言(い)うまでもないことだが、健康(けんこう)の方(ほう)が富(とみ)より大事(だいじ)だ。

Romanji

Iumademonai koto da ga, kenkō no hō ga tomi yori daiji da.

Words

言うまでもない (いうまでもない、ゆうまでもない)

it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said

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

だ (だ)

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

が (が)

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

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

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

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")

富 (とみ)

riches; wealth; fortune; resources; lottery

より (より)

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

大事 (だいじ、おおごと)

important; valuable; serious matter