Word details
千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れる.
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Entry
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Proverb
a small leak will sink a great ship
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
千
thousand
3 strokesFrequency 195JLPT N4Grade 1
On
セン
Kun
ち
Nanori
かずゆき
丈
length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merely
3 strokesFrequency 1,375JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ジョウ
Kun
たけだけ
Nanori
ともますら
堤
dike, bank, embankment
12 strokesFrequency 1,658JLPT N1Grade 8
On
テイ
Kun
つつみ
蟻
ant
19 strokes
On
ギ
Kun
あり
一
one, one radical (no.1)
1 strokesFrequency 2JLPT N4Grade 1
On
イチイツ
Kun
ひと-ひと.つ
Nanori
かずいいっいるかつかづてんはじめひひとつまこと
穴
hole, aperture, slit, cave, den
5 strokesFrequency 1,366JLPT N1Grade 6
On
ケツ
Kun
あな
Nanori
けなししな
崩
crumble, die, demolish, level
11 strokesFrequency 778JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ホウ
Kun
くず.れる-くず.れくず.す
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