不 言 実 行(ふげんじっこう)

ふげんじっこう

noun

action before words; doing rather than talking

formalidiom

1. action before words; quietly getting things done

The attitude of doing what needs to be done quietly and steadily, without boasting or announcing it beforehand.

彼(かれ)は不言実行(ふげんじっこう)の人(ひと)だ。

He is a man of action, not words.

不言実行(ふげんじっこう)をモットーにしている。

I make "action before words" my motto.

True to "action over words," he completed the difficult job without a single complaint.

A four-character idiom (四字熟語(よじじゅくご)) made of 不言(ふげん) (not speaking) + 実行(じっこう) (carrying out). It praises people who act quietly instead of making big declarations.

有言実行(ゆうげんじっこう): doing what one has said one will do — the modern counterpart that values declaring goals and then achieving them
言行一致(げんこういっち): consistency between words and actions

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Added 2026.6.17 0:19 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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