Word Meaning 綸言汗の如し

りんげんあせのごとし ringenase no gotoshi

綸言汗の如し is read as りんげんあせのごとし (ringenase no gotoshi) and means like sweat cannot return inside the body, the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid.

Meaning

English

  1. like sweat cannot return inside the body, the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid

Reading

Kana

りんげんあせのごとし

Romaji

ringenase no gotoshi

Writing Variants

  • 綸言汗のごとし りんげんあせのごとし ringenasenogotoshi

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 1級 Proverb Rank 130968 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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綸言

りんげん

imperial words

如し

ごとし

like

武士に二言なし

ぶしににごんなし

a samurai never goes back on his word

歳月流るる如し

さいげつながるるごとし

time flies like an arrow

動かざること山の如し

うごかざることやまのごとし

in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu)

傍らに人無きが如し

かたわらにひとなきがごとし

behaving outrageously as though there were no one around

言い回し

いいまわし

expression

言い渡し

いいわたし

sentence