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 49283 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

馬鹿を見る

ばかをみる

to feel like an idiot

大馬鹿者

おおばかもの

great fool

役者馬鹿

やくしゃばか

good actor who is inept in all other matters

馬鹿者

ばかもの

moron

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

Example Sentences

1

Honesty doesn't pay.