Word Meaning 知らぬ神より馴染みの鬼

しらぬかみよりなじみのおに shiranukamiyorinajiminooni

知らぬ神より馴染みの鬼 is read as しらぬかみよりなじみのおに (shiranukamiyorinajiminooni) and means better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.

Meaning

English

  1. better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
  2. better the ogre you know than the god you don't

Reading

Kana

しらぬかみよりなじみのおに

Romaji

shiranukamiyorinajiminooni

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 60 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Proverb Rank 156137 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼

しらぬほとけよりなじみのおに

better the devil you know than the devil you don't know

神鬼

しんき

fierce god

鬼神

きじん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしぼじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

お馴染み

おなじみ

old acquaintance

馴染む

なじむ

to become familiar with

鬼の女房に鬼神

おにのにょうぼうにきじん

a horrible man will find a horrible wife

神出鬼没

しんしゅつきぼつ

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments

神算鬼謀

しんさんきぼう

inscrutable stratagem

牛鬼蛇神

ぎゅうきだしん

wicked and perverse