Word Meaning 七度尋ねて人を疑え

しちどたずねてひとをうたがえ shichidotazunetehito o utagae

七度尋ねて人を疑え is read as しちどたずねてひとをうたがえ (shichidotazunetehito o utagae) and means search thoroughly for something lost before you suspect someone of stealing it.

Meaning

English

  1. search thoroughly for something lost before you suspect someone of stealing it
  2. be on sure ground before you accuse someone

Reading

Kana

しちどたずねてひとをうたがえ

Romaji

shichidotazunetehito o utagae

Writing Variants

  • 七度尋ねて人を疑え ななたびたずねてひとをうたがえ nanatabitazunetehito o utagae

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 47 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 48277 Priority H

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foreign trainee system

個人優勝制度

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individual championship system

三七人参

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