安物は高物
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 安 | 物 | 高 | 物 |
| やす Grade: 3 |
もの Grade: 3 |
たか Grade: 2 |
もの Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |||
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “cheap things are expensive things”.
Proverb
[edit]安物は高物 • (yasumono wa takamono)
Synonyms
[edit]- 安物買いの銭失い (yasumono-gai no zeni-ushinai)
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- Japanese terms spelled with 安 read as やす
- Japanese terms spelled with 物 read as もの
- Japanese terms spelled with 高 read as たか
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proverbs
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