Word Meaning 落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず

らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさず rakkaeda ni kaerazuhakyoufutatabiterasazu

落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず is read as らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさず (rakkaeda ni kaerazuhakyoufutatabiterasazu) and means fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine.

Meaning

English

  1. fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine
  2. what's done is done
  3. there's no use crying over spilled milk

Reading

Kana

らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさず

Romaji

rakkaeda ni kaerazuhakyoufutatabiterasazu

Stroke Sequence

15 Characters • 106 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 92020 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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落花紛々

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落花生

らっかせい

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落花生油

らっかせいゆ

peanut oil

落花流水

らっかりゅうすい

mutual love

落花

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falling petals

落照

らくしょう

light of the evening sun

再帰的定義

さいきてきていぎ

recursive definitions

再帰反射

さいきはんしゃ

retroreflection

鏡花水月

きょうかすいげつ

flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface