人は一代名は末代 ひとはいちだいなはまつだい Meanings Expression the worthy will be remembered (literally: humans (last) one generation; names (last) forever) Kanji 人 person. Read as ひと. 一 one. Read as イチ. 代 era. Read as ダイ. 名 name 末 end. Read as マツ. Word lists Proverbs Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists