健康が富にまさるのは言うまでもない。

health; sound; wholesome

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

riches; wealth; fortune; resources; lottery

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

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival; to outweigh; to preponderate

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

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

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