急がば回れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
急	回
いそ Grade: 3	まわ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 急が (isoga, 未然形 (imperfective form) of 急ぐ (isogu, “husten, rush”)) + ば (ba, “if, when”) + 回れ (maware, 命令形 (imperative form) of 回る (mawaru, “go round”)).

Proverb

急がば回れ (hiragana いそがばまわれ, rōmaji isogaba maware)

more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race

Synonyms

慌 (あわ)てる乞食 (こじき)は貰 (もら)いが少 (すく)ない (awateru kojiki wa morai ga sukunai)
急 (せ)いては事 (こと)を仕 (し)損 (そん)じる (seite wa koto o shisonjiru)

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