板子一枚下は地獄
いたごいちまいしたはじごく
Meanings
- Expression one plank's thickness below lies hell; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave
Kanji
- 板 board. Read as いた.
- 子 child
- 一 one. Read as イチ.
- 枚 sheet. Read as マイ.
- 下 down. Read as した.
- 地 land
- 獄 prison. Read as ゴク.