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少年老いやすく学なりがたし

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
少 年 老 学
しょう
Grade: 2 		ねん
Grade: 1 		お
Grade: 4 		がく
Grade: 1
on'yomi kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spellings
少年老いやすく學なりがたし (kyūjitai)
少年老い易く学成り難し

Etymology

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Calque of Literary Chinese 少年易老學難成 (shàonián yì lǎo xué nán chéng). From Zhu Xi's poem 《偶成》.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːne̞ɰ̃ o̞ija̠sɨkɯ̟ ɡa̠kɯ̟ na̠ɾʲiɡa̠ta̠ɕi]

Proverb

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少(しょう)年(ねん)老(お)いやすく学(がく)なりがたし • (shōnen oiyasuku gaku narigatashi) 

  1. if you do not study when you are young, you will grow old quickly without accomplishing much learning
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