千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れる
せんじょうのつつみもありのいっけつよりくずれる
Meanings
- Expression, Ichidan verb a small leak will sink a great ship
Kanji
- 千 thousand. Read as セン.
- 丈 sturdy. Read as ジョウ.
- 堤 embankment. Read as つつみ.
- 蟻 ant. Read as あり.
- 一 one. Read as イチ.
- 穴 hole. Read as ケツ.
- 崩 collapse. Read as くずれる.