Word Meaning 茶腹も一時

ちゃばらもいっとき chabara mo ittoki

茶腹も一時 is read as ちゃばらもいっとき (chabara mo ittoki) and means anything is better than nothing.

Meaning

English

  1. anything is better than nothing
  2. kail spares bread
  3. a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink
  4. tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time

Reading

Kana

ちゃばらもいっとき

Romaji

chabara mo ittoki

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Proverb Rank 122686 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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茶腹

ちゃばら

stomach filled with tea

空腹時

くうふくじ

fasting

一時

いっとき

two-hour period

一時

いちじ

one o'clock

一時期

いちじき

a period (of time)

腹一杯

はらいっぱい

to one's heart's content

一番茶

いちばんちゃ

first-grade tea (first picking)

一人腹

ひとりばら

taking for granted

腹時計

はらどけい

one's internal clock

一腹

いっぷく

being born of the same mother

一腹

ひとはら

litter (of animals)

一時に

いちじに

at the same time