大山鳴動して鼠一匹
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大 | 山 | 鳴 | 動 | 鼠 | 一 | 匹 |
| たい Grade: 1 |
さん > ざん Grade: 1 |
めい Grade: 2 |
どう Grade: 3 |
ねずみ Hyōgai |
いち > いっ Grade: 1 |
ひき > ぴき Grade: S |
| on'yomi | on'yomi | kun'yomi | on'yomi | |||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 泰山鳴動して鼠一匹 |
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “A great mountain rumbles and a rat appears”. From Horace: "parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus". Compare English mountain in labour.
Phrase
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 大 read as たい
- Japanese terms spelled with 山 read as さん
- Japanese terms spelled with 鳴 read as めい
- Japanese terms spelled with 動 read as どう
- Japanese terms spelled with 鼠 read as ねずみ
- Japanese terms spelled with 一 read as いち
- Japanese terms spelled with 匹 read as ひき
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