おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
Composed of
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); very
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
first brew of tea
Composed of
even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; (lit.) even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed