骨に刻み、肝に銘ずる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほね
Grade: 6
きざ
Grade: 6
きざ
Grade: S
めい
Grade: S
kun'yomi on'yomi

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 刻骨銘心 (kègǔmíngxīn). Literally "carved on one's bones and set in one's liver."

Idiom

(ほね)(きざ)み、(きも)(めい)ずる (hone ni kizami, kimo ni meizuru

  1. To have one's resolve carved on the forehead.

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