布(ぬの) nunoに()応(おう)じ()て() nioujite衣(い)服(ふく) ifukuを o裁(た)て() tate。 Cut your garment according to your cloth. Literal Cloth [to-に] accordance-with clothes [object-を] cut [imperative-裁て]. 布に応じて = 'according to the cloth.' 裁て is the regular imperative of 裁つ ('to cut/tailor'). 衣服 is a formal word for 'clothing/garments.' A proverb meaning to work within your means. clothingproverbs and sayingsimperative form (命令形)translated proverb
布(ぬの) nunoに()応(おう)じ()て() nioujite衣(い)服(ふく) ifukuを o裁(た)て() tate。 Cut your garment according to your cloth. Literal Cloth [to-に] accordance-with clothes [object-を] cut [imperative-裁て]. 布に応じて = 'according to the cloth.' 裁て is the regular imperative of 裁つ ('to cut/tailor'). 衣服 is a formal word for 'clothing/garments.' A proverb meaning to work within your means. clothingproverbs and sayingsimperative form (命令形)translated proverb