金の卵を生むガチョウを殺すな。

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金の卵を生むがちょうを殺すな。

English Translation

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Furigana

金(きん)の卵(たまご)を生(う)むガチョウを殺(ころ)すな。

Romanji

Kin no tamago o umu gachō o korosu na.

Words

金 (きん)

gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup); valuable; of highest value; gold coin; money; Friday; metal (fourth of the five elements); Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); gold general; testicles; karat; carat

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

卵 (たまご)

eggs; egg; spawn; roe; hen egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin; infancy

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

産む (うむ)

to give birth; to deliver; to produce

鵞鳥 (がちょう、ガチョウ)

goose

殺す (ころす)

to kill

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition