Word Meaning 凝っては思案に能わず

こってはしあんにあたわず kottehashian ni atawazu

凝っては思案に能わず is read as こってはしあんにあたわず (kottehashian ni atawazu) and means too much thinking gets you nowhere.

Meaning

English

too much thinking gets you nowhere
excessive enthusiasm clouds one's judgment

Reading

Kana

こってはしあんにあたわず

Romaji

kottehashian ni atawazu

Writing Variants

凝っては思案にあたわず こってはしあんにあたわず kottehashianniatawazu

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 59 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 77565 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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思案

しあん

careful thought

引っ込み思案

ひっこみじあん

reserved

こけの後思案

こけのあとじあん

hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool)

思案投首

しあんなげくび

being at one's wit's end

色事は思案の外

いろごとはしあんのほか

love and reason do not go together

思案顔

しあんがお

pensive (or worried) look on one's face

思案に余る

しあんにあまる

to be at wit's end

思案に暮れる

しあんにくれる

to be lost in thought

鼻先思案

はなさきじあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking

鼻元思案

はなもとじあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking

恋は思案の外

こいはしあんのほか

love is without reason

意思能力

いしのうりょく

mental capacity