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あの世千日この世一日

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word あの世千日この世一日.

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Entry

あの世千日この世一日彼の世千日此の世一日あのよせんにちこのよいちにちExpression
1

Proverb

a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

generation, world, society, public

5 strokesFrequency 135JLPT N3Grade 3

On

セイソウ

Kun

Nanori

としゆき

thousand

3 strokesFrequency 195JLPT N4Grade 1

On

セン

Kun

Nanori

かずゆき

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

4 strokesFrequency 1JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ニチジツ

Kun

-び-か

Nanori

あきいるくさこうたちにっにつ

one, one radical (no.1)

1 strokesFrequency 2JLPT N4Grade 1

On

イチイツ

Kun

ひと-ひと.つ

Nanori

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

he, that, the

8 strokesFrequency 648JLPT N2Grade 8

On

Kun

かれかのか.の

Nanori

その

this, current, next, coming, last, past

6 strokesFrequency 2,078Grade 9

On

Kun

これこのここ

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