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Japanese
Etymology
Phrase consisting of 弓 (yumi, “archery bow”) + は (wa, topic particle) + 袋 (fukuro, “bag”) + に (ni, locative particle: “in”) + 太刀 (tachi, “long sword, great sword”) + は (wa, topic particle) + 鞘 (saya, “sheath”). Literally “bows are in bags and swords sheaths”.
Pronunciation
Idiom
弓は袋に太刀は鞘 • (yumi wa fukuro ni tachi wa saya)
- “God is in His heaven and all is right with the world” → a metaphor for peaceful circumstances
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