馬の耳に念仏

Reading

Kana: うまのみみにねんぶつ

Romaji: umanomimininenbutsu

Definition

exp

1

not heeding what others say; in one ear and out the other; reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear

Note: proverb

See also: 念仏

Kanji

馬

Readings: バ、 うま、 うま-、 ま

Meaning: horse

耳

Readings: ジ、 みみ

Meaning: ear

念

Reading: ネン

Meanings: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention

仏

Readings: ブツ、 フツ、 ほとけ

Meanings: Buddha, the dead, France