格言

Meanings

1. Noun, No-adjective

   saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb

• 一番いちばん好すきな格言かくげんって、なに？

  What's your favorite quote?

• 彼かれは自分じぶんのすきな格言かくげんをいれた。

  He worked in his favorite maxim.

• よい隣人りんじんは遠とおくの親戚しんせきよりよい、という趣旨しゅしの格言かくげんがある。

  We have a saying to the effect that a good neighbor is better than a faraway relative.