Word Meaning 正直者が馬鹿を見る

しょうじきものがばかをみる shoujikimono ga baka o miru

正直者が馬鹿を見る is read as しょうじきものがばかをみる (shoujikimono ga baka o miru) and means honesty doesn't pay.

Meaning

English

  1. honesty doesn't pay
  2. life is unfair

Reading

Kana

しょうじきものがばかをみる

Romaji

shoujikimono ga baka o miru

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 58 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Proverb Rank 48960 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

役者馬鹿

やくしゃばか

good actor who is inept in all other matters

正規直交系

せいきちょっこうけい

normalized orthogonal system

正直は最善の策

しょうじきはさいぜんのさく

honesty is the best policy

正規直交基底

せいきちょっこうきてい

orthonormal basis

正直一徹

しょうじきいってつ

stubbornly honest

正常化の偏見

せいじょうかのへんけん

normalcy bias

馬鹿げる

ばかげる

to be foolish

正直

しょうじき

honestly

正直言って

しょうじきいって

to be honest

Example Sentences

1

Honesty doesn't pay.