Word Meaning 柳に雪折れなし

やなぎにゆきおれなし yanagi ni yukiorenashi

柳に雪折れなし is read as やなぎにゆきおれなし (yanagi ni yukiorenashi) and means the soft may prove more durable than the hard.

Meaning

English

the soft may prove more durable than the hard
willow trees don't break under the weight of snow

Reading

Kana

やなぎにゆきおれなし

Romaji

yanagi ni yukiorenashi

Writing Variants

柳に雪折れ無し やなぎにゆきおれなし yanagi ni yukiorenashi

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 129039 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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雪柳

ゆきやなぎ

Thunberg spirea

雪折れ

ゆきおれ

breaking under the weight of snow

柳

やなぎ

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

柳刃包丁

やなぎばぼうちょう

kitchen knife for sashimi

柳江人

りゅうこうじん

Liujiang man

柳橋新誌

りゅうきょうしんし

Ryūkyō Shinshi (book by Narushima Ryūhoku concerning the Yanigabashi pleasure quarters)

柳多留

やなぎだる

The Willow Barrel (collection of Edo-period senryu) (abbr)

柳暗花明

りゅうあんかめい

beautiful scenery of spring

柳条

りゅうじょう

willow twig

柳葉

やないば

part of a Japanese stirrup

柳行李

やなぎごうり

wicker trunk

柳科

やなぎか

Salicaceae (plant family containing willows, poplars, aspens, etc.)