去る者は日日に疎し

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
去 者 日 日 疎
さ(る)
Grade: 3 		もの
Grade: 3 		ひ
Grade: 1 		ひ > び
Grade: 1 		うと(し)
Grade: S
Alternative spelling
去る者は日日に疎し (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

A Japanese rendition from the early 6th century Chinese text Wen Xuan: 去者日以疎[、生者日以親]. Literally "The departed become distant over time". The second half of the original, which is missing in translation, is "[while] those who come become familiar over time".[1]

Pronunciation

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Proverb

去(さ)る者(もの)は日日(ひび)に疎(うと)し or 去る者は日日に疎し(proverb) • (saru mono wa hibi ni utoshi or proverb) [[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
|さるものはひひにうとし]]

  1. feelings for a departed one grow weaker over time; out of sight, out of mind

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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