Word Meaning 禍福は糾える縄のごとし
かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし
kafuku ha azanaerunawanogotoshi
禍福は糾える縄のごとし is read as かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし (kafuku ha azanaerunawanogotoshi) and means fortune and misfortune are intertwined.
Meaning
English
- fortune and misfortune are intertwined
- fortune and misfortune come by turns
- good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope)
- good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
Reading
Kana
かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし
Romaji
kafuku ha azanaerunawanogotoshi
Writing Variants
- 禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし kafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi
- 禍福はあざなえる縄の如し かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし kafukuhaazanaerunawa no gotoshi
- 禍福は糾える縄の如し かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし kafuku ha azanaerunawa no gotoshi