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モモクリサンネンカキハチネン
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit;
(lit.)
planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
Alt. forms
桃
もも
栗
くり
三
さん
年
ねん
柿
かき
八
はち
年
ねん
モモクリサンネンカキハチネン
Composed of
モモ
peach (Prunus persica)
クリ
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
サンネン
three years
カキ
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
ハチ
eight; 8
ネン
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)