金銭は価値の尺度である。
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English Translation
        Money is the measure of worth.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Kinsen wa kachi no shakudo de aru.
    
Words
            
                金銭
            
            
                (きんせん)
            
        
        
            money; cash
        
    
            
                は
            
            
                (は)
            
        
        
            topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
        
    
            
                価値
            
            
                (かち)
            
        
        
            value; worth; merit
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                尺度
            
            
                (しゃくど)
            
        
        
            linear measure; scale
        
    
            
                だ
            
            
                (だ)
            
        
        
            be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
        
    
            
                或
            
            
                (ある)
            
        
        
            a certain ...; some ...
        
    Kanji
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
                        Meaning: gold
                    Readings: セン、 ゼン、 ぜに、 すき
                        Meanings: coin, .01 yen, money
                    Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい
                        Meanings: value, price
                    Readings: チ、 ね、 あたい
                        Meanings: price, cost, value
                    Reading: シャク
                        Meanings: shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule
                    Readings: ド、 ト、 タク、 たび、 -た.い
                        Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude