弘法にも筆の誤り
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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弘 | 法 | 筆 | 誤 |
こう Jinmeiyō |
ほう > ぼう Grade: 4 |
ふで Grade: 3 |
あやま Grade: 6 |
Etymology
Phrase consisting of 弘法 (Kōbō), the first part of the posthumous name of Kūkai, an important Buddhist monk and one of three famous Heian period calligraphers + に (ni, “in”, locative particle) も (mo, “even”, inclusive particle) + 筆 (fude, “writing brush”) + の (no, genitive or possessive particle) + 誤り (ayamari, “mistake”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 誤る ayamaru, “to make a mistake”): “even Kūkai makes mistakes.”
Proverb
弘法にも筆の誤り (hiragana こうぼうにもふでのあやまり, rōmaji Kōbō ni mo fude no ayamari)
- even Homer nods → even the experts make mistakes
See also
- 猿も木から落ちる (saru mo ki kara ochiru): “even monkeys fall from trees” → even the experts make mistakes
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