| お |
|---|
| 落 |
| ち |
| む |
|---|
| 武 |
| しゃ |
|---|
| 者 |
| は |
| すすき |
|---|
| 薄 |
| の |
| ほ |
|---|
| 穂 |
| に |
| お |
|---|
| 怖 |
| ず |
expression
Proverb.- when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you, a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass.
Variations
| Pronunciation | Kanji | Kana | Is Common | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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落ち武者は薄の穂に怖ず | おちむしゃはすすきのほにおず |
Contained Kanji Breakdown
fall, drop, come down
お.ちる ラク おち (3rd, N3)
warrior, military, chivalry
ブ たけ ム (5th, N2)
someone, person
シャ もの (3rd, N4)
dilute, thin, weak (tea)
うす.い ハク すすき (7th, N2)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
far and wide
フ ハク あまねし (Kentei 1)
to state to, to announce
フ ホ しく
for the first time, not until
ホ フ はじ.めて (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ear, ear (grain), head
ほ こう スイ (8th, N1)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)