Word Meaning 目は口程に物を言う

めはくちほどにものをいう me ha kuchihodo ni mono o iu

目は口程に物を言う is read as めはくちほどにものをいう (me ha kuchihodo ni mono o iu) and means one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words.

Meaning

English

  1. one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words
  2. the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts
  3. the eyes are the windows to the soul
  4. eyes are as eloquent as the tongue

Reading

Kana

めはくちほどにものをいう

Romaji

me ha kuchihodo ni mono o iu

Writing Variants

  • 目は口ほどに物を言う めはくちほどにものをいう me ha kuchihodonimono o iu

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 46 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Proverb Rank 77751 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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目標言語

もくひょうげんご

target language

目的物

もくてきぶつ

object

目的言語

もくてきげんご

object language

目撃証言

もくげきしょうげん

eyewitness testimony

口程にもない

くちほどにもない

all bark and no bite

物言い

ものいい

manner of speaking

物言う株主

ものいうかぶぬし

activist shareholder

新口動物上門

しんこうどうぶつじょうもん

Deuterostomia (superphylum of animals)

旧口動物

きゅうこうどうぶつ

protostome

星口動物

せいこうどうぶつ

sipunculan (any worm of phylum Sipuncula)