既往は咎めず
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
| 既 | 往 | 咎 |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese: 既往不咎
Proverb
既往は咎めず (hiragana きおうはとがめず, romaji kiō wa togamezu)
- On things that are past, it is needless to pursue past mistakes; let bygones be bygones.
References
- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.