Word Meaning 焼き餅焼くとて手を焼くな

やきもちやくとててをやくな yakimochiyakutotete o yakuna

焼き餅焼くとて手を焼くな is read as やきもちやくとててをやくな (yakimochiyakutotete o yakuna) and means keep your jealousy in check, lest you invite misfortune.

Meaning

English

  1. keep your jealousy in check, lest you invite misfortune
  2. even if you burn yakimochi, don't burn your hands as well

Reading

Kana

やきもちやくとててをやくな

Romaji

yakimochiyakutotete o yakuna

Writing Variants

  • やきもち焼くとて手を焼くな やきもちやくとててをやくな yakimochiyakutotete o yakuna

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 71 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Proverb Rank 158050 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

焼餅を焼く

やきもちをやく

to be jealous

焼き餅やき

やきもちやき

jealous person

手焼き

てやき

home-baked

手を焼く

てをやく

to not know what to do with

御焼餅

おやきかちん

roasted mochi

焼き肉

やきにく

roasted meat

焼き鳥

やきとり

failing to win a single hand during a half-game

焼き畑

やきばた

land made arable by the slash-and-burn method

焼もち

やきもち

jealousy

焼芋

やきいも

roasted sweet potato