Expression Meaning 浜の真砂は尽きるとも世に盗人の種は尽きまじ

はまのまさごはつきるともよにぬすびとのたねはつきまじ hama no masago ha tsukirutomoyo ni nusubito no tane ha tsukimaji

浜の真砂は尽きるとも世に盗人の種は尽きまじ is a Japanese expression that means the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall.

Short Meaning

English

  1. the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall

Reading

Kana

はまのまさごはつきるともよにぬすびとのたねはつきまじ

Romaji

hama no masago ha tsukirutomoyo ni nusubito no tane ha tsukimaji

Stroke Sequence

21 Characters • 104 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 83837 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

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浜の真砂

はまのまさご

grains of sand on the beach (i.e. something countless)

砂浜

すなはま

sandy beach

世態人情

せたいにんじょう

(contemporary) customs and behavior

世界人権宣言

せかいじんけんせんげん

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

人種主義

じんしゅしゅぎ

racism

人痘種痘法

じんとうしゅとうほう

variolation

異人種間

いじんしゅかん

interethnic

人痘接種法

じんとうせっしゅほう

variolation

異人種

いじんしゅ

alien (different) race