proverb
noun#17,474
Translations
- 格言かくげん
- ことわざことわざ
- 成句せいく
- 俗諺ぞくげん
English definition
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
Examples
- "A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.
- The old proverb still holds good in our modern society.