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弘法にも筆の誤り

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
こう
Jinmeiyō
ほう > ぼう
Grade: 4
ふで
Grade: 3
あやま
Grade: 6
kan'on goon kun'yomi

Etymology

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Phrase consisting of 弘法 (Kōbō), the first part of the posthumous name of Kūkai, an important Buddhist monk and one of three famous Heian period calligraphers + (ni, in, locative particle) (mo, even, inclusive particle) + (fude, writing brush; writing with a brush) + (no, genitive or possessive particle) + 誤り (ayamari, mistake, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 誤る ayamaru, “to make a mistake”). Literally “even Kōbō Daishi makes mistakes in his brush writing (i.e. calligraphy)”.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːbo̞ː ɲ̟i mo̞ ɸɯ̟de̞ no̞ a̠ja̠ma̠ɾʲi]

Proverb

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(こう)(ぼう)(ふで)(あやま) (Kōbō ni mo fude no ayamari

  1. even Homer nods: even the experts make mistakes

Synonyms

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See also

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