Word Meaning 花より団子

はなよりだんご hanayoridango

花より団子 is read as はなよりだんご (hanayoridango) and means function over aesthetics.

Meaning

English

function over aesthetics
dumplings over flowers

Reading

Kana

はなよりだんご

Romaji

hanayoridango

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Proverb ✓ Rank 47661 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

花見団子

はなみだんご

dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)

花より男子

はなよりだんご

Hana Yori Dango (manga series)

団子

だんご

ball-shaped object

月見団子

つきみだんご

dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

ごま団子

ごまだんご

goma dango

土団子

つちだんご

mud pie

三色団子

さんしょくだんご

tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)

花子さん

はなこさん

Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)

浦島花子

うらしまはなこ

Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman)

浪花っ子

なにわっこ

native of Osaka

原子団

げんしだん

group (of atoms)

お団子ヘア

おだんごへあ

bun (hairstyle)

Example Sentences

花より団子。

A loaf of bread is better than the songs of birds.