Expression Meaning 虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す
とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす
tora ha shishitekawa o todomehito ha shishitena o nokosu
虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す is a Japanese expression that means he has not lived that lives not after death.
Short Meaning
English
- he has not lived that lives not after death
- the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it
- tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name
Reading
Kana
とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす
Romaji
tora ha shishitekawa o todomehito ha shishitena o nokosu