Word Meaning 三遍回って煙草にしょ

さんべんまわってたばこにしょ sambemmawattetabakonisho

三遍回って煙草にしょ is read as さんべんまわってたばこにしょ (sambemmawattetabakonisho) and means measure twice and cut once.

Meaning

English

  1. measure twice and cut once
  2. don't slack off until the job's done properly
  3. go around three times before you take a smoke

Reading

Kana

さんべんまわってたばこにしょ

Romaji

sambemmawattetabakonisho

Writing Variants

  • 三べん回ってたばこにしょ さんべんまわってたばこにしょ sambemmawattetabakonisho
  • 三べん回って煙草にしょ さんべんまわってたばこにしょ sambemmawattetabakonisho

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb Rank 108608 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三回忌

さんかいき

second anniversary of a death

三遍

さんべん

three times

三回

さんかい

three times

三角草

みすみそう

hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica)

草木も眠る丑三つ時

くさきもねむるうしみつどき

dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)

煙草銭

たばこせん

tobacco money

煙草盆

たばこぼん

tobacco tray

煙草

たばこ

tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

国府煙草

こくぶたばこ

high-quality tobacco produced in Kokubu (Kagoshima prefecture)

煙草税

たばこぜい

tobacco tax

電子煙草

でんしたばこ

electronic cigarette

葉巻煙草

はまきたばこ

cigar