Word details

悪妻は百年の不作

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 悪妻は百年の不作.

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Entry

悪妻は百年の不作あくさいはひゃくねんのふさくExpression
1

Proverb

a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

11 strokesFrequency 530JLPT N3Grade 3

On

アク

Kun

わる.いわる-あ.しにく.い-にく.いああいずくにいずくんぞにく.む

wife, spouse

8 strokesFrequency 691JLPT N2Grade 5

On

サイ

Kun

つま

Nanori

ずま

hundred

6 strokesFrequency 163JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ヒャクビャク

Kun

もも

Nanori

どうなりひゃっひゅくもんどゆう

year, counter for years

6 strokesFrequency 6JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ネン

Kun

とし

Nanori

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

4 strokesFrequency 101JLPT N3Grade 4

On

make, production, prepare, build

7 strokesFrequency 103JLPT N3Grade 2

On

サク

Kun

つく.るつく.り-づく.り

Nanori

くりさかさっづくりともなおはぎまさか

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