Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 案ずるより産むが易し(あんずるよりうむがやすし) in Japanese

案ずるより産むが易し, 案ずるより生むが易し
Kana Reading
あんずるよりうむがやすし
Romaji
anzuruyoriumugayasushi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
    Meaning
    it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it

Related Kanji

易 JLPT 3

8 strokes

easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination

On'Yomi: エキ, イ

Kun'Yomi: やさ.しい, やす.い

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案 JLPT 2

10 strokes

plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench

On'Yomi: アン

Kun'Yomi: つくえ

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産 JLPT 4

11 strokes

products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

On'Yomi: サン

Kun'Yomi: う.む, う.まれる, うぶ-, む.す

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生 JLPT 5

5 strokes

life, genuine, birth

On'Yomi: セイ, ショウ

Kun'Yomi: い.きる, い.かす, い.ける, う.まれる, うま.れる, う.まれ, うまれ, う.む, お.う, は.える, は.やす, き, なま, なま-, な.る, な.す, む.す, -う

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