ぶ
武
し
士
　
は
く
食
　
わ
　
ね
　
ど
たか
高
よう
楊
じ
枝

expression

Proverb.
  1. the samurai glories in honorable poverty, keep a stiff upper lip!.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ぶ
武
し
士
　
は
く
食
　
わ
　
ね
　
ど
たか
高
よう
楊
じ
枝
 武士は食わねど高楊枝 ぶしはくわねどたかようじ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

warrior, military, chivalry
ブ　たけ　ム (5th, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ　さむらい　お (4th, N1)
eat, food
た.べる　く.う　ショク (2nd, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い　リョウ　ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら　コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
tall, high, expensive
コウ　たか.い　た (2nd, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ　ケイ　まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
willow
ヨウ　やなぎ　やな (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
open, sun
ヨウ (Kentei 1)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン　あき.らか　あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
not, must not, do not
モチ　ブツ　ボツ (Kentei Pre-1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
bough, branch, twig
えだ　シ　え (5th, N2)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
branch, support, sustain
シ　ささ.える　つか.える (5th, N3)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)