転ばぬ先の杖

Japanese

Kanji in this term
転 先 杖
ころ
Grade: 3		 さき
Grade: 1		 つえ
Jinmeiyō

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ko̞ɾo̞ba̠nɯ̟ᵝ sa̠kʲi no̞ t͡sɨᵝe̞]

Proverb

転ばぬ先の杖 (hiragana ころばぬさきのつえ, rōmaji korobanu saki no tsue)

  1. better safe than sorry, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
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