JMdict: 2152920
桃栗三年柿八年 【ももくりさんねんかきはちねん】
- [exp] it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
Kanji in this word:
Kanji | Meanings | On Readings | Kun Readings |
---|---|---|---|
桃 | Peach | トウ | もも |
栗 | Chestnut | リツ, リ | くり, おののく |
三 | Three | サン, ゾウ | み, み.つ, みっ.つ |
年 | Year, Counter For Years | ネン | とし |
柿 | Persimmon | シ | かき |
八 | Eight, Eight Radical (no. 12) | ハチ | や, や.つ, やっ.つ, よう |