Word Meaning 蛇の道は蛇

じゃのみちはへび ja no michi ha hebi

蛇の道は蛇 is read as じゃのみちはへび (ja no michi ha hebi) and means the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks.

Meaning

English

the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks
it takes one to know one

Reading

Kana

じゃのみちはへび

Romaji

ja no michi ha hebi

Writing Variants

蛇の道は蛇 へびのみちはへび hebi no michi ha hebi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 122528 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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蛇

じゃ

snake

蛇行

だこう

meandering

蛇口

じゃぐち

faucet

蛇の目

じゃのめ

umbrella with bull's-eye pattern

蛇行運転

だこううんてん

erratic driving

蛇心仏口

じゃしんぶっこう

being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness

蛇体

じゃたい

body of a snake

大蛇

おろち

big snake

大蛇

だいじゃ

big snake

八岐大蛇

やまたのおろち

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

長蛇

ちょうだ

long line (of people, etc.)

金蛇

かなへび

lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)

Example Sentences

蛇の道は蛇。

They that hide can find.