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一寸先は闇【いっすんさきはやみ】

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darknessproverb

Forms

一寸先は闇【いっすんさきはやみ】
いっすんさきはやみ

一寸先は闇【いっすんさきはやみ】

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darknessproverb

Forms

一寸先は闇【いっすんさきはやみ】
いっすんさきはやみ

一

N51

意one; one radical (no.1)

訓ひと-、ひと.つ

音イチ、イツ

名かず、い、いっ、いる、かつ、かづ、てん、はじめ、ひ、ひとつ、まこと

寸

N16

意measurement; tenth of a shaku; a little; small

音スン

名す、みき

先

N51

意before; ahead; previous; future; precedence

訓さき、ま.ず

音セン

名ぽん

闇

常用

意get dark; gloom; disorder

訓やみ、くら.い

音アン、オン