健康のほうが富より大事なことは言うまでもない。

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English Translation

It goes without saying that health is more important than wealth.

Furigana

健康(けんこう)のほうが富(とみ)より大事(だいじ)なことは言(い)うまでもない。

Romanji

Kenkō no hō ga tomi yori daijina koto wa iumademonai.

Words

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

切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

が (が)

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

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

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

は (は)

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

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