灯台下暗し

Japanese
Kanji in this term
灯 台 下 暗
とう
Grade: 4		 だい
Grade: 2		 もと
Grade: 1		 くら
Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
燈臺下暗し (kyūjitai)

Proverb

灯(とう)台(だい)下(もと)暗(くら)し • (tōdai moto kurashi) 

  1. the darkest place is under the candlestick; can't see the wood for the trees; people often known little of what happens under their noses; lit. "dark under a candlestick"
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