日暮れて道遠し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	暮	道	遠
ひ Grade: 1	く Grade: 6	みち Grade: 2	とお Grade: 2

Etymology

• From Middle Chinese 日暮途窮／日暮途穷 (rìmùtúqióng)

Proverb

日(ひ)暮(く)れて道(みち)遠(とお)し • (hi kurete michi tōshi) ^{←ひくれてみちとほし (fikuretemititofosi)?}

1. arduous is the race against time as one grows old. (literally "as the sun goes down, the road remains a long one.")

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN