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物言えば唇寒し・馬鹿ほど言いたがる。

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物言えば 寒し 馬鹿 ほど 言いたがる

English Translation

He knows most who speaks least.

Furigana

物言(ものゆ)えば(くちびる)(さむ)し・馬鹿(ばか)ほど()いたがる。

Romanji

Monoyueba kuchibiru samushi baka hodo iitagaru.

Words

物言う (ものいう)
to talk; to carry meaning
(くちびる)
lips
寒い (さむい、さぶい)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny
(なかぽち)
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
馬鹿 (ばか、バカ)
fool; idiot; trivial matter; folly; absurdity; foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous; Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

Kanji

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: シン、 くちびる
Meaning: lips
Readings: カン、 さむ.い
Meaning: cold
Readings: バ、 うま、 うま-、 ま
Meaning: horse
鹿
Readings: ロク、 しか、 か
Meaning: deer