Word Meaning 沈香も焚かず屁も放らず

じんこうもたかずへもひらず jinkou mo takazuhe mo hirazu

沈香も焚かず屁も放らず is read as じんこうもたかずへもひらず (jinkou mo takazuhe mo hirazu) and means having few faults as well as few virtues.

Meaning

English

  1. having few faults as well as few virtues
  2. not burning agarwood (incense); not passing wind

Reading

Kana

じんこうもたかずへもひらず

Romaji

jinkou mo takazuhe mo hirazu

Writing Variants

  • 沈香も焚かず屁もひらず じんこうもたかずへもひらず jinkou mo takazuhemohirazu

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 62 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 154904 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

沈香

じんこう

aquilaria tree

芳香を放つ

ほうこうをはなつ

to give out (off) fragrance

屁放男

へっぴりおとこ

farting jester (Edo period)

放屁

へひり

farting

放屁

ほうひ

breaking wind

屁放き

へこき

farting

香を焚く

こうをたく

to cense

放屁虫

へひりむし

bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis)

屁放き虫

へこきむし

stinky bug (esp. the bombardier beetle)

屁っ放り虫

へっぴりむし

bombardier beetle (esp. species Pheropsophus jessoensis)

沈黙

ちんもく

Silence (1966 novel by Shūsaku Endō)