Moto 他山の石 (たざんのいし)lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought
- lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thoughtnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Kanji in 他山の石
- 他Other; Another; The OthersRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
- 山MountainRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N5
- 石StoneRead with its kun'yomi here · JLPT N3
Words that share its kanji
- 他たother (esp. people and abstract matters)
- 他人たにんanother person; other people
- 他国たこくforeign country; other country
- 他社たしゃanother company; other company
- 他方たほうone (esp. of two); the other
- 他派たはthe other group
- 排他はいたexclusion
- 他殺たさつmurder
- 山やまmountain; hill
- 火山かざんvolcano
- 青山せいざんlush mountain; green mountain
- 山形やまがたYamagata (city, prefecture)
- 登山とざんmountain climbing
- 山岳さんがくmountains
- 大山たいざんgreat mountain
- 富士山ふじさんMount Fuji; Mt. Fuji
- 石油せきゆoil; petroleum
- 石こくkoku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres
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