Word Meaning 爪の垢を煎じて飲む
つめのあかをせんじてのむ
tsume no aka o senjitenomu
爪の垢を煎じて飲む is read as つめのあかをせんじてのむ (tsume no aka o senjitenomu) and means to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example).
Meaning
English
- to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example)
- to learn from someone's example
- to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it
Reading
Kana
つめのあかをせんじてのむ
Romaji
tsume no aka o senjitenomu
Writing Variants
- つめの垢を煎じて飲む つめのあかをせんじてのむ tsumenoaka o senjitenomu
- 爪のあかを煎じて飲む つめのあかをせんじてのむ tsumenoakaosenjitenomu