Word Meaning あの世千日この世一日

あのよせんにちこのよいちにち anoyosennichikonoyoichinichi

あの世千日この世一日 is read as あのよせんにちこのよいちにち (anoyosennichikonoyoichinichi) and means a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife.

Meaning

English

  1. a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife
  2. better one day in this world than a thousand in the next

Reading

Kana

あのよせんにちこのよいちにち

Romaji

anoyosennichikonoyoichinichi

Writing Variants

  • 彼の世千日此の世一日 あのよせんにちこのよいちにち a no yosennichiko no yoichinichi

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 80560 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

千年一日

せんねんいちじつ

without intermission for many years

一日千秋

いちじつせんしゅう

(waiting) impatiently

八十日間世界一周

はちじゅうにちかんせかいいっしゅう

Around the World in Eighty Days (1873 novel by Jules Verne)

一昨日

おとつい

day before yesterday

一日

いちじつ

1st day of the month

一日

いっぴ

1st day of the month

千日

せんにち

one thousand days

世界一

せかいいち

best in the world

一世

いっせい

the first (e.g. Elizabeth I)

一目千本

ひとめせんぼん

place where one can view a vast number of cherry blossom trees at a glance (esp. Mount Yoshino in Nara Prefecture)

千日手

せんにちて

repetition of position

三千大千世界

さんぜんだいせんせかい

the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened