Word details
山中の賊を破るは易く心中の賊を破るは難し
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 山中の賊を破るは易く心中の賊を破るは難し.
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Proverb
it's hard to discipline one's mind; defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
山
mountain
3 strokesFrequency 131JLPT N4Grade 1
On
サンセン
Kun
やま
Nanori
さやのやん
中
in, inside, middle, mean, center
4 strokesFrequency 11JLPT N4Grade 1
On
チュウ
Kun
なかうちあた.る
Nanori
あたるかなえ
賊
burglar, rebel, traitor, robber
13 strokesFrequency 2,045JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ゾク
破
rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate
10 strokesFrequency 590JLPT N2Grade 5
On
ハ
Kun
やぶ.るやぶ.れるわ.れる
易
easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination
8 strokesFrequency 571JLPT N2Grade 5
On
エキイ
Kun
やさ.しいやす.い
心
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
4 strokesFrequency 157JLPT N3Grade 2
On
シン
Kun
こころ-ごころ
難
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
18 strokesFrequency 330JLPT N2Grade 6
On
ナン
Kun
かた.い-がた.いむずか.しいむづか.しいむつか.しい-にく.い
Nanori
ななに
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