Word Meaning 馬には乗ってみよ人には添うてみよ

うまにはのってみよひとにはそうてみよ umanihanottemiyohitonihasoutemiyo

馬には乗ってみよ人には添うてみよ is read as うまにはのってみよひとにはそうてみよ (umanihanottemiyohitonihasoutemiyo) and means you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them.

Meaning

English

  1. you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them
  2. you can't judge something until you've tried it
  3. try a horse by riding him, and judge a man by living with him

Reading

Kana

うまにはのってみよひとにはそうてみよ

Romaji

umanihanottemiyohitonihasoutemiyo

Writing Variants

  • 馬には乗って見よ人には添うて見よ うまにはのってみよひとにはそうてみよ umanihanottemi yo hitonihasoutemi yo

Stroke Sequence

16 Characters • 57 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 87592 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

馬乗り

うまのり

horseback riding

馬に乗る

うまにのる

to get on a horse

添乗

てんじょう

accompanying (on a trip)

人馬宮

じんばきゅう

Sagittarius (9th zodiacal sign)

乗馬連盟

じょうばれんめい

British Equestrian Federation

乗馬隊

じょうばたい

mounted corps

人馬往来

じんばおうらい

the passage of people and horses

人間万事塞翁が馬

じんかんばんじさいおうがうま

inscrutable are the ways of heaven

付添人

つきそいにん

attendant

添乗員

てんじょういん

tour conductor

介添人

かいぞえにん

second (e.g. in a duel)