知
チ
し.る • し.らせる
know; wisdom
Words
足るを知る者は富む
たるをしるものはとむ
- content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold exp proverb
嘉肴ありと雖も食らわずんばその旨きを知らず
かこうありといえどもくらわずんばそのうまきをしらず
- one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it exp proverb
求知心
きゅうちしん
- heart seeking knowledge; thirst for knowledge n
知らぬ神より馴染みの鬼
しらぬかみよりなじみのおに
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the god you don't exp proverb
知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼
しらぬほとけよりなじみのおに
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't exp proverb