働はたらかざる者もの食くうべからず

expression

if you don't work, you don't eat; no work, no food

A well-known proverb emphasizing the duty to work for one's living; often quoted in discussions about work ethic or social welfare.

• 「働はたらかざる者もの食くうべからず」という言こと葉ばは、勤きん労ろうの大たい切せつさを教おしえている。

  The saying 'If you don't work, you don't eat' teaches the importance of labor.

• 彼かれは働はたらかざる者もの食くうべからずの精せい神しんで、毎まい日にち真面目まじめに働はたらいている。

  He works diligently every day with the spirit of 'no work, no food'.