口に蜜あり腹に剣あり
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 口 | 蜜 | 腹 | 剣 |
| くち Grade: 1 |
みつ Grade: S |
はら Grade: 6 |
けん Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | goon | kun'yomi | kan'on |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 口に蜜あり腹に劍あり (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Literally, "where there is a mouth of honey, there is a sword in the belly." Calque of Literary Chinese 口密腹劍.
Proverb
[edit]口に蜜あり腹に剣あり • (kuchi ni mitsu ari hara ni ken ari)
- Beneath sweet words lurks venom.
References
[edit]- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 口 read as くち
- Japanese terms spelled with 蜜 read as みつ
- Japanese terms spelled with 腹 read as はら
- Japanese terms spelled with 剣 read as けん
- Japanese terms calqued from Literary Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proverbs
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