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)