多々益々善し
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 多 | 多 | 益 | 益 | 善 |
| た Grade: 2 |
た Grade: 2 |
ます Grade: 5 |
ます Grade: 5 |
よ Grade: 6 |
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | |||
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Literary Chinese 多多益善 (duōduōyìshàn).
Idiom[edit]
多々益々善し • (ta ta masu masu yoshi)
- The more the better.
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 多 read as た
- Japanese terms spelled with 益 read as ます
- Japanese terms spelled with 善 read as よ
- Japanese terms calqued from Literary Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese idioms
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with five Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 々
- Japanese proverbs