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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

細かいことでとやかく言うのはよそう。

Sentence Analyzer

細かい こと とやかく 言う よそう

English Translation

Let's not quibble over trivial matters.

Furigana

(こま)かいことでとやかく()うのはよそう。

Romanji

Komakai koto de toyakaku iu no wa yosou.

Words

細かい (こまかい)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive; attentive
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
兎や角 (とやかく)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this; this and that
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
止す (よす)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign; to give up

Kanji

Readings: サイ、 ほそ.い、 ほそ.る、 こま.か、 こま.かい
Meanings: dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word