Word Meaning 過ちを観て斯に仁を知る

あやまちをみてここにじんをしる ayamachiomitekoko ni jin o shiru

過ちを観て斯に仁を知る is read as あやまちをみてここにじんをしる (ayamachiomitekoko ni jin o shiru) and means to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not.

Meaning

English

to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not

Reading

Kana

あやまちをみてここにじんをしる

Romaji

ayamachiomitekoko ni jin o shiru

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 67 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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経過観察

けいかかんさつ

(medical) follow-up

弘仁貞観時代

こうにんじょうがんじだい

Kōnin-Jōgan period (of Japanese art history; approx. 794-894 CE)

過ぎる

すぎる

to be no more than ...

過ぎ去る

すぎさる

to pass

過ちを改める

あやまちをあらためる

to correct a fault

過ちを文る

あやまちをかざる

to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only

過半数

かはんすう

majority

過去

かこ

one's past (that one would prefer remained secret)

過ぎ

すぎ

past

過程

かてい

process

過失

かしつ

fault

過労

かろう

overwork