千里の道も一歩より始まる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 千 | 里 | 道 | 一 | 歩 | 始 |
| せん Grade: 1 |
り Grade: 2 |
みち Grade: 2 |
いち > いっ Grade: 1 |
ほ > ぽ Grade: 2 |
はじ Grade: 3 |
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | goon | kan’on | kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 千里の道も一步より始まる (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Partial calque of Literary Chinese 千里之行，始於足下 (qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐyú zú xià, literally “a road of a thousand li begins with a step”).
The back-formation of this form in pseudo-kanbun would be 千里之道，自一步始.
Proverb
Synonyms
- 千里の行も足下に始まる (senri no kō mo sokka ni hajimaru)
- 千里の道も一歩から (senri no michi mo ippo kara)
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