十人十色

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
十 人 十 色
じゅう
Grade: 1 		にん
Grade: 1 		と
Grade: 1 		いろ
Grade: 2
goon kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “10 people, 10 colors”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

十(じゅう)人(にん)十(と)色(いろ) • (jūnin toiro) ←じふにんといろ (zifunin toiro)?

  1. to each his own; different strokes for different folks; there's no accounting for taste

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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