既往は咎めず
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 既 | 往 | 咎 |
| き Grade: S |
おう Grade: 5 |
とが Hyōgai |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 既往は咎めず (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 既往不咎.
Proverb
既往は咎めず or 既往は咎めず • (kiō wa togamezu or proverb) [[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
|きおうはとかめす]]
- On things that are past, it is needless to pursue past mistakes; let bygones be bygones.
References
- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 既 read as き
- Japanese terms spelled with 往 read as おう
- Japanese terms spelled with 咎 read as とが
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji