己に如かざる者を友とするなかれ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 己 | 如 | 者 | 友 |
| おのれ Grade: 6 | し Grade: S | もの Grade: 3 | とも Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi | |||
Etymology
Calque of Literary Chinese 無友不如己者.
Proverb
己に如かざる者を友とするなかれ (hiragana おのれにしかざるものをともとするなかれ, rōmaji onore ni shikazaru mono o tomo to surunakare)
- Do not befriend people who are not as sincere as you are.
References
- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.