Word Meaning あの声で蜥蜴食らうか時鳥

あのこえでとかげくらうかほととぎす anokoe de tokagekuraukahototogisu

あの声で蜥蜴食らうか時鳥 is read as あのこえでとかげくらうかほととぎす (anokoe de tokagekuraukahototogisu) and means don't judge a book by its cover.

Meaning

English

  1. don't judge a book by its cover

Reading

Kana

あのこえでとかげくらうかほととぎす

Romaji

anokoe de tokagekuraukahototogisu

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 79 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Proverb Rank 152189 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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bobolink (species of songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorous)

百声鳥

ももこえどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

時鳥

ほととぎす

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

時つ鳥

ときつどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

時の鳥

ときのとり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

蚊食鳥

かくいどり

bat

火食鳥

ひくいどり

cassowary (Casuarius spp.)

食事時

しょくじどき

mealtime

飛鳥時代

あすかじだい

Asuka period (550-710 CE)

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こもどおおとかげ

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レース大蜥蜴

れーすおおとかげ

lace monitor (Varanus varius, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in eastern Australia)

サバンナ大蜥蜴

さばんなおおとかげ

savanna monitor (Varanus exanthematicus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa)

Example Sentences

1

Don't judge a book by its cover.