ものを言う – Vocabulary details

ものを言いう

Expression

Verb (5-dan, う)

1. to speak (of something)

2. to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

say

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をいう

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

money talks

考かんがえずにものを言いうな。

Don't say anything without thinking.

彼かれは全まったくものを言いわなかった。

He did not speak at all.

この仕し事ごとでは経けい験けんがものを言いう。

Experience counts in this job.

実じっ際さいには、努ど力りょくよりも能のう力りょくのほうがものを言いう。

In practice, ability counts for more than effort.

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