一つ間違えば一里も狂う。

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一つ間違えば一里も狂う。

English Translation

A miss is as good as a mile.

Furigana

一(ひと)つ間違(まちが)えば一(いち)里(さと)も狂(くる)う。

Romanji

Hitotsu machigaeba ichi sato mo kuruu.

Words

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

間違う (まちがう)

to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

里 (さと)

village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

狂う (くるう)

to go mad; to get out of order; to go amiss