Word Meaning 墓に布団は着せられぬ

はかにふとんはきせられぬ haka ni futon ha kiserarenu

墓に布団は着せられぬ is read as はかにふとんはきせられぬ (haka ni futon ha kiserarenu) and means it is too late to show filial piety once your parents are dead.

Meaning

English

  1. it is too late to show filial piety once your parents are dead

Reading

Kana

はかにふとんはきせられぬ

Romaji

haka ni futon ha kiserarenu

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 82038 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

敷き布団

しきぶとん

futon (laid on the floor)

集団墓地

しゅうだんぼち

mass grave

控布団

ひかえぶとん

waiting wrestler's sitting cushion

布団を敷く

ふとんをしく

to lay out a futon

布団

ふとん

round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

座布団

ざぶとん

zabuton

場所布団

ばしょぶとん

waiting wrestler's sitting cushion

電気布団

でんきぶとん

heated mattress pad

夏布団

なつぶとん

summer bedclothes

座布団1枚

ざぶとんいちまい

that was a good one!

羽毛布団

うもうぶとん

down quilt