看板に偽りなし

Japanese

Kanji in this term
看	板	偽
かん Grade: 6	ばん Grade: 3	いつわ Grade: S

Alternative forms

看板に偽り無し

Etymology

Literally, "the signboard has [tells] no lies."

Phrase

看板に偽りなし (hiragana かんばんにいつわりなし, rōmaji kanban ni itsuwari nashi)

there is no discrepancy between external appearance and true substance

See also

English: you can't judge a book by its cover, clothes don't make the man

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