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 109883 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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さんかいき

second anniversary of a death

三回

さんかい

three times

三回生

さんかいせい

third year (college) student

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)

煙草盆

たばこぼん

tobacco tray

煙草

えんそう

tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

煙草

たばこ

tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

両切り煙草

りょうぎりたばこ

plain cigarette

口付き煙草

くちづきたばこ

cigarette with a mouthpiece

煙草入れ

たばこいれ

tobacco pouch

くわえ煙草

くわえたばこ

smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers