早起きは三文の徳
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||||
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早 | 起 | 三 | 文 | 徳 |
はや Grade: 1 | お Grade: 3 | さん Grade: 1 | もん Grade: 1 | とく Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi | on’yomi | kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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早起きは三文の德 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Phrase consisting of 早起き (hayaoki, “getting up early”) + は (wa, “topic marker particle”) + 三 (san, “three”) + 文 (mon, “mon, Japanese old currency”) + の (no, “genitive case marker”) + 徳 (toku, “benefit”). Literally "it is benefit of three mon to get up early."
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ha̠ja̠o̞kʲi ɰᵝa̠ sã̠mːõ̞n no̞ to̞kɯ̟ᵝ]
Proverb
早起きは三文の徳 • (hayaoki wa sanmon no toku)
- the early bird gets the worm