早起きは三文の徳

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • the early bird gets the worm

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 早起き (getting up early) + Japanese は (topic marker particle, topic marker)+ Japanese 三 (three, third)+ Japanese 文 (w, writing, document, a letter, an epistle, letter, statement)+ Japanese の (possessive particle, of, 's, possessive marker, genitive case marker, month, bird, s)+ Japanese 徳 (benefit)+ Japanese Japanese mon + Japanese mon, Japanese old currency.

Origin

Japanese

mon, Japanese old currency

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