早起きは三文の徳

Japanese
Kanji in this term
早 起 三 文 徳
はや
Grade: 1		 お
Grade: 3		 さん
Grade: 1		 もん
Grade: 1		 とく
Grade: 4
kun’yomi on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
早起きは三文の德 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 早起き (hayaoki, “getting up early”) +‎ は (wa, “topic marker particle”) +‎ 三 (san, “three”) +‎ 文 (mon, “mon, Japanese old currency”) +‎ の (no, “genitive case marker”) +‎ 徳 (toku, “benefit”). Literally "it is benefit of three mon to get up early."

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ja̠o̞kʲi ɰᵝa̠ sã̠mːõ̞n no̞ to̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Proverb

早(はや)起(お)きは三(さん)文(もん)の徳(とく) • (hayaoki wa sanmon no toku) 

  1. the early bird gets the worm
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