Word details
好機逸すべからず
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 好機逸すべからず.
Dictionary
Entry
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Proverb
make hay while the sun shines
Examples
好機逸すべからず。この機に一気に仕事を仕上げてしまおう。
This is a golden opportunity we'd be stupid to pass up. Let's get to work and finish it all in one fell swoop.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
好
fond, pleasing, like something
6 strokesFrequency 423JLPT N3Grade 4
On
コウ
Kun
この.むす.くよ.いい.い
Nanori
こたかとしよし
機
loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
16 strokesFrequency 127JLPT N2Grade 4
On
キ
Kun
はた
逸
deviate, idleness, leisure, miss the mark, evade, elude, parry, diverge
10 strokesFrequency 1,524JLPT N1Grade 8
On
イツ
Kun
そ.れるそ.らすはぐ.れる
Nanori
いっはやへん
可
can, passable, approval
5 strokesFrequency 314JLPT N2Grade 5
On
カコク
Kun
-べ.き-べ.し
Nanori
よし
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