Words — 47 found
1. wise and learned elderRare term
べんきょうだい
勉強代
1. cost of a lesson learned (e.g. from failing at something); price of a life lessonColloquial
おうようへん
応用編
1. set of problems (e.g. in a textbook) in which previously learned skills are applied to real world situations; practical assessment
つやきば
付け焼刃
1. affectation; pretension; thin veneer; hasty preparation; stopgap (measure); superficial (polish, knowledge)
2. blunt sword with a tempered steel edgeorig. meaning
付け焼き刃 【つけやきば】
みのあたまさいなほ
実るほど頭の下がる稲穂かな
1. the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowestProverb, See also 実るほど頭を垂れる稲穂かな
みのあたまたいなほ
実るほど頭を垂れる稲穂かな
1. the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowestProverb, See also 実るほど頭の下がる稲穂かな
実るほど頭をたれる稲穂かな 【みのるほどあたまをたれるいなほかな】
1. lessons learned in war; martial wisdom
すずめひゃくおどわす
雀百まで踊り忘れず
1. what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tombProverb
雀百迄踊り忘れず 【すずめひゃくまでおどりわすれず】
ゆうしょく
有職
2. being learned; being knowledgeableArchaic
3. having great artistic talent; being a skilled performerArchaic
4. being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military householdsArchaic
有職 【ゆうしき】、有職 【ゆうそこ】、有職 【ゆうそく】、有識 【ゆうそく】
ゆうしき: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. ゆうそこ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
さんにんゆかならわしあ
三人行けば必ず我が師有り
1. something can be learned from anyone; if three walk together, I'll have a teacherProverb, from the Analects of Confucius
３人行けば必ず我が師あり 【さんにんゆけばかならずわがしあり】
こどうさいぼう
これに懲りよ道才坊
1. take it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)道才坊, 道斎坊 are ateji
これに懲りよ道斎坊 【これにこりよどうさいぼう】、此れに懲りよ道才坊 【これにこりよどうさいぼう】
此れに懲りよ道才坊: Rarely-used kanji form.
おこおしあさせわた
負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る
1. some things can be learned from the young; a fool may give a wise man counsel; to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shouldersProverb
ろんごよろんごし
論語読みの論語知らず
1. knowing a theory without being able to apply itIdiomatic expression