Word Meaning 千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れる
せんじょうのつつみもありのいっけつよりくずれる
senjou no tsutsumi mo ari no ikketsuyorikuzureru
千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れる is read as せんじょうのつつみもありのいっけつよりくずれる (senjou no tsutsumi mo ari no ikketsuyorikuzureru) and means a small leak will sink a great ship.
Meaning
English
- a small leak will sink a great ship
Reading
Kana
せんじょうのつつみもありのいっけつよりくずれる
Romaji
senjou no tsutsumi mo ari no ikketsuyorikuzureru
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12千里も一里
せんりもいちり
a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)
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せんばんにいちばんのかねあい
something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success