Word Meaning 遠くの親戚より近くの他人

とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん tookunoshinsekiyorichikakunotanin

遠くの親戚より近くの他人 is read as とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん (tookunoshinsekiyorichikakunotanin) and means a neighbour is better than a relative living far.

Meaning

English

  1. a neighbour is better than a relative living far

Reading

Kana

とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん

Romaji

tookunoshinsekiyorichikakunotanin

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 62 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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遠くの親類より近くの他人

とおくのしんるいよりちかくのたにん

a neighbour is better than a relative living far

親の欲目と他人の僻目

おやのよくめとたにんのひがめ

parents overvaluing their own children but looking down on others'

遠近

えんきん

distance

遠近法

えんきんほう

perspective

遠交近攻

えんこうきんこう

policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer those nearby

遠近両用眼鏡

えんきんりょうようめがね

bifocal glasses

遠慮近憂

えんりょきんゆう

failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term

遠慮なければ近憂あり

えんりょなければきんゆうあり

plan ahead or you will soon have worries

遠戚

えんせき

distant relative

他人

ひと

unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)

他国人

たこくじん

foreigner

近代人

きんだいじん

modern man

Example Sentences

1

A stranger living nearby is better than a relative living far away.