Expression Meaning 親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない

おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない oya no iken to nasubi no hana ha sen ni hitotsumomudahanai

親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない is a Japanese expression that means always listen to your parents.

Short Meaning

English

  1. always listen to your parents
  2. always value your parents' advice
  3. not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain

Reading

Kana

おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない

Romaji

oya no iken to nasubi no hana ha sen ni hitotsumomudahanai

Stroke Sequence

20 Characters • 107 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 41520 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

意見が一致

いけんがいっち

seeing eye to eye

一富士二鷹三茄子

いちふじにたかさんなすび

best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)

子を見る事親に如かず

こをみることおやにしかず

the parent is the best judge of the child

花見団子

はなみだんご

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

無限定適正意見

むげんていてきせいいけん

unqualified opinion

冷や酒と親の意見は後できく

ひやざけとおやのいけんはあとできく

you will appreciate your parents' advice as you grow older, just as it takes time to feel the effects of unwarmed sake

親の顔が見たい

おやのかおがみたい

what parents would bring up a kid like this?

親子結合

おやこけつごう

host association

無駄遣い

むだづかい

waste (of money, time, etc.)

無駄飯食い

むだめしぐい

ne'er-do-well