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Japanese
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
Proverb
早起きは三文の徳 • (hayaoki wa sanmon no toku)
- the early bird gets the worm