Word Meaning 灯台下暗し

とうだいもとくらし toudaimotokurashi

灯台下暗し is read as とうだいもとくらし (toudaimotokurashi) and means it is darkest under the lamp post.

Meaning

English

  1. it is darkest under the lamp post
  2. it's hard to see what is under your nose
  3. go abroad to hear of home
  4. you must go into the country to hear what news at London

Reading

Kana

とうだいもとくらし

Romaji

toudaimotokurashi

Writing Variants

  • 灯台もと暗し とうだいもとくらし toudaimotokurashi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Proverb Rank 112157 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

灯台

とうだい

lighthouse

灯台守

とうだいもり

lighthouse keeper

灯下

とうか

place by the lamp

灯台草科

とうだいぐさか

Euphorbiaceae (family of flowering plants)

灯台草

とうだいぐさ

wartweed (Euphorbia helioscopia)

高灯台

たかとうだい

tall lamp or candle stand

航空灯台

こうくうとうだい

aeronautical beacon

仙台市地下鉄

せんだいしちかてつ

Sendai Subway

下台所

しもだいどころ

servants' kitchen

天下の台所

てんかのだいどころ

The Nonpareil Kitchen (nickname for Osaka)

台下

だいか

your honor (honour)

更紗灯台

さらさどうだん

redvein enkianthus (Enkianthus campanulatus)

Example Sentences

1

You can't see the forest for the trees.