Word Meaning 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 tookunoshinruiyorichikakunotanin

遠くの親類より近くの他人 is read as とおくのしんるいよりちかくのたにん (tookunoshinruiyorichikakunotanin) 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

とおくのしんるいよりちかくのたにん

Romaji

tookunoshinruiyorichikakunotanin

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 69 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Proverb Rank 115026 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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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

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

他人

ひと

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

他国人

たこくじん

foreigner

赤の他人

あかのたにん

complete stranger

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

近代人

きんだいじん

modern man

Example Sentences

1

A close neighbor is better than a distant relative.