Word Meaning 百日の説法屁一つ

ひゃくにちのせっぽうへひとつ hyakunichi no seppouhehitotsu

百日の説法屁一つ is read as ひゃくにちのせっぽうへひとつ (hyakunichi no seppouhehitotsu) and means single mistake which ruins all one's hard work.

Meaning

English

single mistake which ruins all one's hard work
one blunder rendering a long period of effort useless
one fart in a hundred days of sermons

Reading

Kana

ひゃくにちのせっぽうへひとつ

Romaji

hyakunichi no seppouhehitotsu

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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百人一首

ひゃくにんいっしゅ

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu

百慮一得

ひゃくりょいっとく

even a fool may sometimes give good counsel

百人一首かるた

ひゃくにんいっしゅかるた

Hyakunin Isshu karuta

百害あって一利なし

ひゃくがいあっていちりなし

all pain, no gain

百日紅

さるすべり

crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)

百日草

ひゃくにちそう

zinnia

百一物

ひゃくいちもつ

monk's allowed daily necessities (clothes, food, etc.)

百日

ひゃくにち

hundred days

百聞は一見にしかず

ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず

seeing is believing

百日天下

ひゃくにちてんか

very short-lived regime

百日鬘

ひゃくにちかずら

long-haired wig used in kabuki (used metaphorically to refer to a thick growth)

百日咳

ひゃくにちぜき

whooping cough