Word Meaning 女は三界に家なし

おんなはさんがいにいえなし onna ha sangai ni ienashi

女は三界に家なし is read as おんなはさんがいにいえなし (onna ha sangai ni ienashi) and means a woman has no home of her own in this world (because in youth, she has to listen to her parents; in adulthood, to her husband; in old age, to her children).

Meaning

English

  1. a woman has no home of her own in this world (because in youth, she has to listen to her parents; in adulthood, to her husband; in old age, to her children)
  2. a woman has no home in (any of) the three realms

Reading

Kana

おんなはさんがいにいえなし

Romaji

onna ha sangai ni ienashi

Writing Variants

  • 女は三界に家無し おんなはさんがいにいえなし onna ha sangai ni ienashi

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Proverb Rank 87321 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

女人結界

にょにんけっかい

prohibition against women entering a sacred area

三女

さんじょ

third daughter

御三家

ごさんけ

three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)

第三世界

だいさんせかい

Third World

三界流転

さんがいるてん

endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences

女体

じょたい

woman's body

女医

じょい

female doctor

女手

おんなで

hiragana

おんな

female

女王

じょおう

female champion

女房

にょうぼ

wife (esp. one's own wife)

女性

じょせい

feminine gender