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ももくりさんねんかきはちねん
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
ももくりさんねんかきはちねん
Composed of
peach (Prunus persica)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
three years
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
eight; 8
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)