一寸先は闇

Reading

Kana: いっすんさきはやみ

Romaji: issunsakihayami

Definition

exp

1

No one knows what the future holds; The future is a closed book

Kanji

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

寸

Reading: スン

Meanings: measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small

先

Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず

Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

闇

Readings: アン、 オン、 やみ、 くら.い

Meanings: get dark, gloom, disorder