Word Meaning 腐っても鯛

くさってもたい kusattemotai

腐っても鯛 is read as くさってもたい (kusattemotai) and means a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond.

Meaning

English

  1. a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond
  2. quality is quality
  3. an old eagle is better than a young crow
  4. even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream

Reading

Kana

くさってもたい

Romaji

kusattemotai

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 142573 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

腐敗

ふはい

corruption

腐る

くさる

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腐食

ふしょく

saprophagy

腐心

ふしん

taking great pains (to do)

腐葉土

ふようど

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腐り

くさり

rottenness

腐乱

ふらん

decomposition

腐臭

ふしゅう

smell of something rotten

腐生動物

ふせいどうぶつ

saprozoa

腐敗分子

ふはいぶんし

corrupt elements

腐食動物

ふしょくどうぶつ

saprovore

腐女子

ふじょし

woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love