Word Meaning 習わぬ経は読めぬ

ならわぬきょうはよめぬ narawanukyou ha yomenu

習わぬ経は読めぬ is read as ならわぬきょうはよめぬ (narawanukyou ha yomenu) and means you can't do something if you don't know how to do it.

Meaning

English

  1. you can't do something if you don't know how to do it
  2. you can't read a sutra (by heart) if you haven't learned it

Reading

Kana

ならわぬきょうはよめぬ

Romaji

narawanukyou ha yomenu

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 47 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Proverb Rank 112706 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む

もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

読経

どきょう

sutra chanting

習得

しゅうとく

learning

習慣

しゅうかん

habit

習性

しゅうせい

habit

習合

しゅうごう

syncretism

習合神道

しゅうごうしんとう

syncretized Shinto

習い性

ならいしょう

ingrained habit

習い性となる

ならいせいとなる

habit is a second nature

習得観念

しゅうとくかんねん

acquired idea (as opposed to innate)

習慣性流産

しゅうかんせいりゅうざん

habitual abortion

習慣性薬物

しゅうかんせいやくぶつ

addictive drug