人事を尽くして天命を待つ
じんじをつくしててんめいをまつ
Meanings
- Expression, Godan verb man proposes, God disposes; do your best and leave the rest to providence (literally: man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate))
Kanji
- 人 person. Read as ジン.
- 事 matter
- 尽 exhaust. Read as ジン.
- 天 heaven. Read as テン.
- 命 life. Read as メイ.
- 待 wait. Read as まつ.