Word Meaning 一銭を笑う者は一銭に泣く

いっせんをわらうものはいっせんになく issen o waraumono ha issen ni naku

一銭を笑う者は一銭に泣く is read as いっせんをわらうものはいっせんになく (issen o waraumono ha issen ni naku) and means take care of the penny.

Meaning

English

  1. take care of the penny
  2. he who makes fun of one sen will cry at one sen

Reading

Kana

いっせんをわらうものはいっせんになく

Romaji

issen o waraumono ha issen ni naku

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 68 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Proverb Rank 120721 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一文半銭

いちもんきなか

meagre sum of money

一文銭

いちもんせん

one-mon coin

一紙半銭

いっしはんせん

small sum

一笑

いっしょう

laugh

一笑千金

いっしょうせんきん

a smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold

一笑に付する

いっしょうにふする

to laugh (something) off

一笑にふす

いっしょうにふす

to laugh (something) off

一顰一笑

いちびんいっしょう

one's mood

第一人者

だいいちにんしゃ

leading person

二者択一

にしゃたくいつ

choosing between two things

古銭学者

こせんがくしゃ

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