Word Meaning 明日の百より今日の五十

あすのひゃくよりきょうのごじゅう asu no hyakuyorikyou no gojuu

明日の百より今日の五十 is read as あすのひゃくよりきょうのごじゅう (asu no hyakuyorikyou no gojuu) and means a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Meaning

English

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow

Reading

Kana

あすのひゃくよりきょうのごじゅう

Romaji

asu no hyakuyorikyou no gojuu

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb ✓ Rank 72993 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

今日の一針明日の十針

きょうのひとはりあすのとはり

a stitch in time saves nine

五明後日

ごあさって

four days from now (five days in some places)

今明日

こんみょうにち

today and (or) tomorrow

今日明日

きょうあす

today and tomorrow

五十歩百歩

ごじっぽひゃっぽ

six of one, half a dozen of the other

二百二十日

にひゃくはつか

220th day

二百十日

にひゃくとおか

210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar)

今日は人の身明日は我が身

きょうはひとのみあすはわがみ

what chances to one man may happen to all

今日あって明日ない身

きょうあってあすないみ

one's time (of death) is nigh

五十日の祝

いかのいわい

celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child

五十日

いか

fiftieth day after the birth of a child

五十日

ごとおび

days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)