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Zach

一日ひとくそ、医者いらず。

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ひと くそ 医者 いらず

English Translation

A shit a day keeps the doctor away.

Furigana

(いち)(にち)ひとくそ、医者(いしゃ)いらず。

Romanji

Ichi nichi hito kuso, isha irazu.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(にち)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
(くそ、くっそ、ふん、クソ)
bullshit; shit; damn; feces; excrement; dung; damn (adds emphasis and or annoyance to next word, e.g. damn hot, damn kids, etc.); damned
医者 (いしゃ)
(medical) doctor; physician
要る (いる)
to need; to want

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: イ、 い.やす、 い.する、 くすし
Meanings: doctor, medicine
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person