はっ
 
げき
 
 
 
 
ごと
 

expression

Proverb.
  1. time flies, like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
はっ
 
げき
 
 
 
 
ごと
 
白駒の隙を過ぐるが如し はっくのげきをすぐるがごとし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
pony, horse, colt
こま ク (Late High School, N1)
horse
ま バ うま (2nd, N3)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
phrase, clause, sentence
ク すく (5th, N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
crevice, fissure, discord
ひま すき ゲキ (Late High School)
place, left village radical - 2 stroke form (no. 170), mound
こざと
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
overdo, exceed, go beyond
カ よ.ぎる す.ぎる (5th, N3)
crooked mouth, evil, dishonest
カイ ケ クウ (Kentei 1)
cut flesh from bones, (剮 variant)
カ ケ わ.ける
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
likeness, like, such as
ごと.し ジョ ニョ (Late Jr. High, N1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)