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ものをいう
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, う)
1. to speak (of something)
2. to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
Alt. forms
ものを言いう
44%
物ものを言いう
36%
ものをいう
19%
Pitch accent
も
の
をいう
Top 28200
Conjugations...Used in: 416
Composed of
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
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue
money talks
to communicate with a look; (lit.) to talk with one's eyes
Examples (4 in total)
Don't say anything without thinking.
He did not speak at all.
Experience counts in this job.
In practice, ability counts for more than effort.