塵も積もれば山となる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 塵 | 積 | 山 |
| ちり Hyōgaiji |
つ Grade: 4 |
やま Grade: 1 |
Idiom
塵も積もれば山となる • (chiri mo tsumoreba yama to naru)
- many a mickle makes a muckle, small things together become a large thing; literally dust, if piled up, becomes a mountain
- 1979, Sohō Tokutomi, Kiyoshi Hiraizumi, Kinsei Nihon Kokumin-shi [Recent history of the Japanese people], page 6:
- 世に「塵も積もれば山となる」という諺があるが、わが「近世日本国民史」も、まさしくこの通りだ。
- Yo ni “chiri mo tsumoreba yama to naru” to iu kotowaza ga aru ga, waga “Kinsei Nihon Kokumin-shi” mo, masashiku kono tōri da.
- There is an expression, "Even piled up dust becomes a mountain," and to us this certainly applies to Kinsei Nihon Kokumin-shi.
- 世に「塵も積もれば山となる」という諺があるが、わが「近世日本国民史」も、まさしくこの通りだ。
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