Expression Meaning 梅は食うとも核食うな中に天神寝てござる
うめはくうともさねくうななかにてんじんねてござる
ume ha kuutomosanekuunanaka ni tenjinnetegozaru
梅は食うとも核食うな中に天神寝てござる is a Japanese expression that means don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous).
Short Meaning
English
- don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous)
- if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
Reading
Kana
うめはくうともさねくうななかにてんじんねてござる
Romaji
ume ha kuutomosanekuunanaka ni tenjinnetegozaru
Writing Variants
- 梅は食うとも核食うな、中に天神寝てござる うめはくうともさねくうななかにてんじんねてござる umehakuutomosanekuunanakanitenjinnetegozaru