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千 kanji
thousand
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
セン
Kun readings
ち
Words with 千
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鶴は千年亀は万年enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years
- —一攫千金を夢見るto dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly
- —知者も千慮に一失anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods
- —目明き千人盲千人some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand with their eyes open; one thousand blind
- —愚者も千慮に一得even fools can give good counsel
- —目元千両口元万両(woman with) beautiful eyes and mouth
- —雀の千声鶴の一声the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane
- —盲千人目明き千人some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand blind; one thousand with their eyes open
- —千と千尋の神隠しSpirited Away (2002 film)
- —千里の道も一歩からa journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
- —一攫千金を夢見る男Soldier of Fortune (1955 movie)
- —千番に一番の兼ね合いsomething so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success
- —あの世千日この世一日a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next
- —千里の行も足下に始まるa journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
- —虎は千里往って千里還るa parent will do anything for their child; a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
- —千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ずto rule a country requires many great men; an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox
- —中流に舟を失えば一壺も千金any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune
- —千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れるa small leak will sink a great ship
- —獅子は我が子を千尋の谷に落とすmake your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)
- —指切りげんまん、嘘ついたら針千本飲ますcross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye; pinky promise pledge: if you're lying, I'll make you drink a thousand needles