Word details
女賢しくて牛売り損なう
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 女賢しくて牛売り損なう.
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Entry
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Proverb
even a clever woman is bound to mess up; a woman's intelligence only goes so far; female sagacity overreaches itself; a clever woman fails to sell a cow
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
女
woman, female
3 strokesFrequency 151JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ジョニョニョウ
Kun
おんなめ
Nanori
おなたつきな
賢
intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness
16 strokesFrequency 1,159JLPT N2Grade 8
On
ケン
Kun
かしこ.い
Nanori
かたさかさとさとしたかたてのりまことまさまさる
牛
cow
4 strokesFrequency 1,202JLPT N3Grade 2
On
ギュウ
Kun
うし
Nanori
うじご
売
sell
7 strokesFrequency 202JLPT N3Grade 2
On
バイ
Kun
う.るう.れる
Nanori
うりうるめ
損
damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure
13 strokesFrequency 807JLPT N2Grade 5
On
ソン
Kun
そこ.なうそこな.う-そこ.なうそこ.ねる-そこ.ねる
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