Word Meaning 九層の台は累土より起こる

きゅうそうのうてなはるいどよりおこる kyuusou no utena ha ruidoyoriokoru

九層の台は累土より起こる is read as きゅうそうのうてなはるいどよりおこる (kyuusou no utena ha ruidoyoriokoru) and means many a little makes a mickle.

Meaning

English

many a little makes a mickle
every little helps
the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth

Reading

Kana

きゅうそうのうてなはるいどよりおこる

Romaji

kyuusou no utena ha ruidoyoriokoru

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 56 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 102763 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

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九品浄土

くほんじょうど

Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)

九品蓮台

くほんれんだい

nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land

土地台帳付属地図

とちだいちょうふぞくちず

cadastral map of Japan (first published in 1892)

地層累重の法則

ちそうるいじゅうのほうそく

law of superposition

断層粘土

だんそうねんど

fault gouge

粘土層

ねんどそう

layer of clay

土台

どだい

foundation

上層土

じょうそうど

topsoil

下層土

かそうど

subsoil

土台石

どだいいし

cornerstone

薬九層倍

くすりくそうばい

there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field

九州へ下る

きゅうしゅうへくだる

to go down to Kyushu