明日の百より今日の五十 あすのひゃくよりきょうのごじゅう Meanings Expression a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (literally: fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow) Kanji 明 clear 日 day 百 hundred. Read as ヒャク. 今 now 五 five 十 ten. Read as ジュウ. Word lists Proverbs Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists