Kanji in this term | |||||
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雄 | 弁 | 銀 | 沈 | 黙 | 金 |
ゆう Grade: S |
べん Grade: 5 |
ぎん Grade: 3 |
ちん Grade: S |
もく Grade: S |
きん Grade: 1 |
kan'on | goon | kan'on | goon | kan'on |
Alternative spellings |
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雄辯は銀、沈默は金 (kyūjitai) 雄弁は銀沈黙は金 |
Calque of English speech is silver, silence is golden, originally attested as "Speech is silvern, Silence is golden" in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus.