Word details

悪銭身に付かず

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 悪銭身に付かず.

Dictionary

Entry

悪銭身に付かず悪銭身につかずあくせんみにつかずExpressionFreq #164874
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Proverb

easy come, easy go; lightly comes, lightly goes; soon gotten soon spent

Examples
悪銭身につかず、というじゃない。結局は地道に稼ぐしかないと思うよ。
Ill-gotten gains are short-lived. The only way to make real money is to earn every penny.

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

coin, .01 yen, money

14 strokesFrequency 1,008JLPT N1Grade 6

On

センゼン

Kun

ぜにすき

somebody, person, one's station in life

7 strokesFrequency 320JLPT N2Grade 3

On

シン

Kun

adhere, attach, refer to, append

5 strokesFrequency 322JLPT N2Grade 4

On

Kun

つ.ける-つ.ける-づ.けるつ.けつ.け--つ.け-づ.け-づけつ.く-づ.くつ.き-つ.き-つき-づ.き-づき

Nanori

つけ

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