Word Meaning 大事の前の小事

だいじのまえのしょうじ daiji no mae no shouji

大事の前の小事 is read as だいじのまえのしょうじ (daiji no mae no shouji) and means read the fine print.

Meaning

English

  1. read the fine print
  2. be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)
  3. don't put the trivial ahead of the important
  4. don't sweat the small stuff
  5. don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise)

Reading

Kana

だいじのまえのしょうじ

Romaji

daiji no mae no shouji

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Proverb Rank 75374 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大事

だいじ

safe

小事

しょうじ

trifling matter

一大事

いちだいじ

important matter

後生大事

ごしょうだいじ

with religious zeal

大前提

だいぜんてい

major premise (in a syllogism)

大小

だいしょう

daishō (matched pair of long and short swords)

大事件

だいじけん

major incident

大同小異

だいどうしょうい

essentially the same with only minor differences

大事故

だいじこ

serious accident

大衆小説

たいしゅうしょうせつ

novel for the masses

大阪教育大付属池田小学校

おおさかきょういくだいふぞくいけだしょうがっこう

Ikeda Elementary School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University