Word Meaning バカと天才は紙一重

ばかとてんさいはかみひとえ bakatotensai ha kamihitoe

バカと天才は紙一重 is read as ばかとてんさいはかみひとえ (bakatotensai ha kamihitoe) and means there's but a fine line between genius and insanity.

Meaning

English

there's but a fine line between genius and insanity

Reading

Kana

ばかとてんさいはかみひとえ

Romaji

bakatotensai ha kamihitoe

Writing Variants

馬鹿と天才は紙一重 ばかとてんさいはかみひとえ baka to tensai ha kamihitoe

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 113305 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天才と狂人は紙一重

てんさいときょうじんはかみひとえ

there's but a fine line between genius and insanity

紙一重

かみひとえ

paper-thin (difference)

一重

ひとえ

monopetalous

壁一重

かべひとえ

single wall

天才

てんさい

genius

天人合一

てんじんごういつ

unification of God and man

二天一流

にてんいちりゅう

style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords

コリントの信徒への手紙一

こりんとのしんとへのてがみいち

First Epistle to the Corinthians (book of the Bible)

テサロニケの信徒への手紙一

てさろにけのしんとへのてがみいち

First Epistle to the Thessalonians (book of the Bible)

天才教育

てんさいきょういく

gifted education

天才バカボン

てんさいばかぼん

Tensai Bakabon (manga, anime)

天下一品

てんかいっぴん

best article under heaven