蒔
シ • ジ
う.える • ま.く
sow (seeds)
Words
蒔く
まく
- to sow; to plant; to seed v5k vt
- to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware) v5k vt
自分で蒔いた種
じぶんでまいたたね
- situation of one's own doing exp
権兵衛が種蒔きゃ烏がほじくる
ごんべえがたねまきゃからすがほじくる ごんべえがたねまきゃカラスがほじくる
- spoiling someone's work; useless effort; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up exp id
蒔き灰
まきばい
- ash for spreading (tea ceremony) n
蒔かぬ種は生えぬ
まかぬたねははえぬ
- nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own; the seed you don't plant doesn't grow exp proverb