聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥
きくはいっときのはじきかぬはいっしょうのはじ
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
Word Meaning 聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは末代の恥
きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじ
kikuhaittokinohajikikanuhamatsudainohaji
聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは末代の恥 is read as きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじ (kikuhaittokinohajikikanuhamatsudainohaji) and means better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know.
Meaning
English
- better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
Reading
Kana
きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじ
Romaji
kikuhaittokinohajikikanuhamatsudainohaji
Writing Variants
- 聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは末代の恥 きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじ kikuhaittoki no hajikikanuhamatsudai no haji