寸
スン
measurement; tenth of a shaku; a little; small
Words
寸善尺魔
すんぜんしゃくま
- in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen exp yoji
寸進尺退
すんしんしゃくたい
- one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose n vs yoji
一寸した
ちょっとした
- slight; minor; trifling; trivial; petty adj-pn uk
- considerable; proper; decent; respectable; quite (a) adj-pn uk
一寸先は闇
いっすんさきはやみ
- no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness exp proverb
寸
すん
- sun (approx. 3.03 cm) n
- length; measurement n
- shortness; tininess n