Word Meaning 名を捨てて実を取る

なをすててじつをとる na o sutetejitsu o toru

名を捨てて実を取る is read as なをすててじつをとる (na o sutetejitsu o toru) and means to take the profit over the fame.

Meaning

English

  1. to take the profit over the fame

Reading

Kana

なをすててじつをとる

Romaji

na o sutetejitsu o toru

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Proverb Rank 73990 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

名前指定実体参照

なまえしていじったいさんしょう

named entity reference

取捨てる

とりすてる

to throw away

名実

めいじつ

in name and in reality

名実相伴う

めいじつあいともなう

to be true to one's name

取捨

しゅしゃ

adoption or rejection

有名無実

ゆうめいむじつ

in name but not in reality

取捨分別

しゅしゃふんべつ

make a choice among many

実名

じつめい

real name

取捨選択

しゅしゃせんたく

selection

捨仮名

すてがな

small kana used for diphthongs (ya, yo, yu, i, etc.)

名乗り出る

なのりでる

to introduce oneself

Example Sentences

1

Profit is better than fame.