Word Meaning 元の木阿弥

もとのもくあみ moto no mokuami

元の木阿弥 is read as もとのもくあみ (moto no mokuami) and means ending up right back where one started.

Meaning

English

ending up right back where one started

Reading

Kana

もとのもくあみ

Romaji

moto no mokuami

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 112045 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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阿片木

あへんぼく

kratom (Mitragyna speciosa)

阿弥陀

あみだ

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

南無阿弥陀仏

なむあみだぶつ

Namu Amida Butsu

阿弥陀経

あみだきょう

Sukhavati sutra

阿弥陀三尊

あみださんぞん

Amitabha triad

阿弥陀被り

あみだかぶり

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

阿弥陀如来

あみだにょらい

Amitabha Tathagata

阿弥陀仏

あみだぶつ

Amitabha

阿弥陀堂

あみだどう

temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha

阿弥陀にかぶる

あみだにかぶる

to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head

阿弥陀籤

あみだくじ

ghostleg lottery

元素

げんそ

(classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire)

Example Sentences

ここで中断したら元の木阿弥だぞっ。

If we stop here, we'll be right back where we started!