船せん頭どう多おおくして船ふね山やまにのぼる
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, る)
Proverb
1. too many cooks spoil the broth; (lit.) too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
Kanji used
ship
head
many
mountain
Composed of
captain (of a Japanese-style boat); skipper; boatman; oarsman; head of a fishing crew; fishing master
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to