Word Meaning 美人は三日で飽きる

びじんはみっかであきる bijin ha mikka de akiru

美人は三日で飽きる is read as びじんはみっかであきる (bijin ha mikka de akiru) and means beauty is only skin-deep.

Meaning

English

  1. beauty is only skin-deep
  2. one gets tired of a beauty in three days

Reading

Kana

びじんはみっかであきる

Romaji

bijin ha mikka de akiru

Writing Variants

  • 美人は3日で飽きる びじんはみっかであきる bijinhamikkadeakiru

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 53878 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

美人

びじん

beautiful woman

美人画

びじんが

portrait of a beautiful woman (esp. ukiyo-e)

美人局

つつもたせ

badger game

美人湯

びじんゆ

hot spring (or bath) which is good for the skin

二人三脚

ににんさんきゃく

three-legged race

第三国人

だいさんごくじん

foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan

整形美人

せいけいびじん

a plastic-surgery beauty

日独伊三国軍事同盟

にちどくいさんごくぐんじどうめい

Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)

三人遣い

さんにんづかい

three-person operation of a puppet (bunraku)

第三人称

だいさんにんしょう

third person

Example Sentences

1

You get tired of a beautiful woman after three days. You get used to an ugly woman after three days.