小便一町糞一里

Reading

Kana: しょうべんいっちょうくそいちり

Romaji: shōben'itchōkusoichiri

Definition

exp

1

if you visit the toilet while travelling, you will get behind your fellow travelers; one chou for a piss, one ri for a shit

Note: archaism; proverb

See also: 里 (reading り, entry #1) 町

Kanji

小

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-

Meanings: little, small

便

Readings: ベン、 ビン、 たよ.り

Meanings: convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

町

Readings: チョウ、 まち

Meanings: town, village, block, street

糞

Readings: フン、 くそ

Meanings: shit, feces, excrement

里

Readings: リ、 さと

Meanings: ri, village, parent's home, league