Word Meaning 弘法筆を選ばず

こうぼうふでをえらばず kouboufude o erabazu

弘法筆を選ばず is read as こうぼうふでをえらばず (kouboufude o erabazu) and means a good workman does not blame his tools.

Meaning

English

a good workman does not blame his tools

Reading

Kana

こうぼうふでをえらばず

Romaji

kouboufude o erabazu

Writing Variants

弘法筆を択ばず こうぼうふでをえらばず kouboufude o erabazu

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 52 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 80728 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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弘法も筆の誤り

こうぼうもふでのあやまり

Homer sometimes nods

弘法にも筆の誤り

こうぼうにもふでのあやまり

Homer sometimes nods

弘法

ぐほう

spreading Buddhist teachings

選挙法

せんきょほう

election laws

公職選挙法

こうしょくせんきょほう

Public Offices Election Act

選言的三段論法

せんげんてきさんだんろんぽう

disjunctive syllogism

公選法

こうせんほう

Public Office Election Law

選考方法

せんこうほうほう

selection process

筆法

ひっぽう

style of penmanship

春秋の筆法

しゅんじゅうのひっぽう

critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect

弘前学院大学

ひろさきがくいんだいがく

Hirosaki Gakuin College

弘前大学

ひろさきだいがく

Hirosaki University

Example Sentences

弘法筆を選ばず。

A bad carpenter quarrels with his tools.