Word Meaning 馬子にも衣裳

まごにもいしょう magonimoishou

馬子にも衣裳 is read as まごにもいしょう (magonimoishou) and means anybody can look good with the right clothes.

Meaning

English

  1. anybody can look good with the right clothes
  2. clothes make the man
  3. fine feathers make fine birds
  4. clothes on a packhorse driver

Reading

Kana

まごにもいしょう

Romaji

magonimoishou

Writing Variants

  • 馬子にも衣装 まごにもいしょう magonimoishou

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 151514 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

馬子

まご

packhorse driver

借り衣裳

かりいしょう

borrowed clothes

花嫁衣裳

はなよめいしょう

bridal costume

群馬県立女子大学

ぐんまけんりつじょしだいがく

Gunma Prefectural Women's University

白馬の王子

はくばのおうじ

knight on a white horse

うま

horse

馬鹿

ばか

Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)

馬主

ばしゅ

owner of a horse (esp. racehorse)

馬車

ばしゃ

coach (horse-drawn)

馬力

ばりき

horse-drawn cart