柳の下の泥鰌。

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柳 の 下 の 泥鰌 。

English Translation

A fox isn't caught twice in the same snare.

Furigana

柳(やなぎ)の下(した)の泥鰌(どじょう)。

Romanji

Yanagi no shita no dojō.

Words

柳 (やなぎ、ようりゅう、ヤナギ)

willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

下 (した)

below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after; inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); trade-in; preliminary; preparatory

泥鰌 (どじょう、どんじょう、どんじょ、ドジョウ)

loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)

Kanji

柳

Readings: リュウ、 やなぎ

Meaning: willow

下

Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる

Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

泥

Readings: デイ、 ナイ、 デ、 ニ、 どろ

Meanings: mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to

鰌

Readings: シュ、 シュウ、 どじょう

Meaning: loach (fish)