Word Meaning 雀百まで踊り忘れず

すずめひゃくまでおどりわすれず suzumehyakumadeodoriwasurezu

雀百まで踊り忘れず is read as すずめひゃくまでおどりわすれず (suzumehyakumadeodoriwasurezu) and means what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

Meaning

English

what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb

Reading

Kana

すずめひゃくまでおどりわすれず

Romaji

suzumehyakumadeodoriwasurezu

Writing Variants

雀百迄踊り忘れず すずめひゃくまでおどりわすれず suzumehyakumadeodoriwasurezu

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 52 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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雀

すずめ

tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

読書百遍意自ずから通ず

どくしょひゃっぺんいおのずからつうず

repeated reading makes the meaning clear

敵を知り己を知らば百戦危うからず

てきをしりおのをしらばひゃくせんあやうからず

know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles

敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず

てきをしりおのをしればひゃくせんあやうからず

know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles

初心忘るべからず

しょしんわするべからず

we were all beginners once

治に居て乱を忘れず

ちにいてらんをわすれず

forewarned is forearmed

百聞は一見にしかず

ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず

seeing is believing

百科事典

ひゃっかじてん

encyclopedia

百

ひゃく

hundred

百貨店

ひゃっかてん

department store

百合

ゆり

lily (Lilium spp.)

忘年会

ぼうねんかい

year-end party