見ては極楽住んでは地獄
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |||||
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見 | 極 | 楽 | 住 | 地 | 獄 |
み Grade: 1 |
ごく Grade: 4 |
らく Grade: 2 |
す Grade: 3 |
じ Grade: 2 |
ごく Grade: S |
Alternative spelling |
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見ては極樂住んでは地獄 (kyūjitai) |
Alternative forms
[edit]- 聞いて極楽見て地獄 ("hearing it is paradise, seeing it is hell")
Etymology
[edit]Literally “seeing it is paradise, living there is hell”.
Proverb
[edit]見ては極楽住んでは地獄 • (mite wa gokuraku sunde wa jigoku)
- What you see isn't always what you get.
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 見 read as み
- Japanese terms spelled with 極 read as ごく
- Japanese terms spelled with 楽 read as らく
- Japanese terms spelled with 住 read as す
- Japanese terms spelled with 地 read as じ
- Japanese terms spelled with 獄 read as ごく
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proverbs
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms with 6 kanji