蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘る
かにはこうらににせてあなをほる
- to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell exp proverb
Kanji
蟹
カイ
かに
crab
甲
コウ • カン
きのえ
armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace
羅
ラ
うすもの
gauze; thin silk; Rome; arrange; spread out
似
ジ
に.る • ひ.る
becoming; resemble; counterfeit; imitate; suitable
穴
ケツ
あな
hole; aperture; slit; cave; den
掘
クツ
ほ.る
dig; delve; excavate