三つ子の魂百まで

みつごのたましいひゃくまで

Meanings

1. Expression a leopard cannot change its spots; the child is father to the man (literally: the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100)

Kanji

• 三 three. Read as みつ.
• 子 child
• 魂 soul. Read as たましい.
• 百 hundred. Read as ヒャク.

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