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

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 150755 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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米食鳥

こめくいどり

bobolink (species of songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorous)

百声鳥

ももこえどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

子で子にならぬ時鳥

こでこにならぬほととぎす

no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child

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

飽食時代

ほうしょくじだい

current era of excessive eating

飛鳥時代

あすかじだい

Asuka period (550-710 CE)

時鳥草

ほととぎす

toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)

大蜥蜴

おおとかげ

monitor lizard

Example Sentences

あの声で蜥蜴食らうか時鳥。

Don't judge a book by its cover.