した
親
　
し
　
き
なか
中
　
に
かき
垣
　
を
　
せ
　
よ

expression

Proverb.
  1. good fences make good neighbors, a hedge between keeps friendship green.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
した
親
　
し
　
き
なか
中
　
に
かき
垣
　
を
　
せ
　
よ
 親しき中に垣をせよ したしきなかにかきをせよ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

parent, intimacy, relative
おや　シン　した.しい (2nd, N4)
parent(親) variant
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
see, hopes, chances
み.る　ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
hedge, fence, wall
かき　がい　エン (9th, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る　コウ　わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン　あき.らか　あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)