Word Meaning 井蛙は以って海を語る可からず

せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず seia ha motteumi o katarubekarazu

井蛙は以って海を語る可からず is read as せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず (seia ha motteumi o katarubekarazu) and means a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world.

Meaning

English

  1. a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world
  2. a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it

Reading

Kana

せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず

Romaji

seia ha motteumi o katarubekarazu

Stroke Sequence

14 Characters • 67 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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井の中の蛙大海を知らず

いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず

the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean

井の中の蛙

いのなかのかわず

person who is ignorant of the real world

井蛙の見

せいあのけん

narrow perspective

井蛙

せいあ

frog in a well

三井海上火災保険

みついかいじょうかさいほけん

Mitsui Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Limited

三井住友海上火災保険

みついすみともかいじょうかさいほけん

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance

井戸

いど

water well

well

井戸水

いどみず

well water

井戸端会議

いどばたかいぎ

content-free chat

井戸掘り

いどほり

well digging

井筒

いづつ

family crest design based on a square wooden well curb