Word Meaning 六十の手習い

ろくじゅうのてならい rokujuu no tenarai

六十の手習い is read as ろくじゅうのてならい (rokujuu no tenarai) and means beginning to learn (something) when one is old.

Meaning

English

beginning to learn (something) when one is old
not being too old to learn

Reading

Kana

ろくじゅうのてならい

Romaji

rokujuu no tenarai

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Proverb ✓ Rank 99861 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八十の手習い

はちじゅうのてならい

you're never too old to learn

手習い

てならい

practice writing with a brush

六十

むそ

sixty

六十四分音符

ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ

64th note

六十六部

ろくじゅうろくぶ

Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

六十余州

ろくじゅうよしゅう

66-odd provinces of old Japan

六十進法

ろくじっしんほう

sexagesimal

六十干支

ろくじっかんし

sexagenary cycle

六十の三つ子

ろくじゅうのみつご

an old man is twice a child

六十路

むそじ

age sixty

六十四卦

ろくじゅうしけ

the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)

四十八手

しじゅうはって

every trick in the book

Example Sentences

六十の手習い。

It is never too late to learn.