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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
Alt. forms
鬼
おに
も
十
じゅう
八
はち
番
ばん
茶
ちゃ
も
出
で
花
ばな
おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな
Composed of
おに
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
じゅうはちばん
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
ちゃ
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown;
(arch.)
mockery
でばな
first brew of tea
Composed of
おにもじゅうはち
even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
ばんちゃもでばな
even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth;
(lit.)
even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed