経験のあるもののほうがない者よりも役に立つのはいまさら言うまでもない。

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English Translation

It is needless to say that an experienced person will do better than someone without experience.

Furigana

経験(けいけん)のあるもののほうがない者(もの)よりも役(やく)に立(た)つのはいまさら言(い)うまでもない。

Romanji

Keiken no aru mono no hō ga nai mono yori mo yakunitatsu no wa imasara iumademonai.

Words

経験 (けいけん)

experience

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

者 (もの、もん)

person

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

より (より)

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

役に立つ (やくにたつ)

to be helpful; to be useful

は (は)

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

今更 (いまさら)

now (after such a long time); at this late hour (i.e. it is too late for something); afresh; anew; again

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