Word Meaning 人間万事塞翁が馬

じんかんばんじさいおうがうま jinkambanjisaiou ga uma

人間万事塞翁が馬 is read as じんかんばんじさいおうがうま (jinkambanjisaiou ga uma) and means inscrutable are the ways of heaven.

Meaning

English

  1. inscrutable are the ways of heaven
  2. fortune is unpredictable and changeable

Reading

Kana

じんかんばんじさいおうがうま

Romaji

jinkambanjisaiou ga uma

Writing Variants

  • 人間万事塞翁が馬 にんげんばんじさいおうがうま ningembanjisaiou ga uma

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 63 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 59074 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

人間は万物の霊長

にんげんはばんぶつのれいちょう

man is the crown of creation

塞翁が馬

さいおうがうま

the future is unpredictable

人馬

じんば

centaur

人食い馬

ひとくいうま

horse that bites people

人事異動

じんじいどう

personnel change

人身事故

じんしんじこ

accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)

人間生態学

にんげんせいたいがく

human ecology

人間学的証明

にんげんがくてきしょうめい

anthropological argument (one of Descartes' ontological arguments for the existence of God)

人間中心主義

にんげんちゅうしんしゅぎ

anthropocentrism

人間同士

にんげんどうし

mankind