徳は孤ならず必ず隣あり

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
とく
Grade: 4

Grade: S
かなら
Grade: 4
となり
Grade: S
on'yomi kan'on kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
德は孤ならず必ず隣あり (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 德不孤,必有鄰 (débùgū, bìyǒulín).[1]

Proverb

(とく)()ならず(かなら)(となり)あり (toku wa ko narazu kanarazu tonari ari

  1. (idiomatic) virtue never has solitude and always has companionship

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN