桃栗三年柿八年
ももくりさんねんかきはちねん
Meanings
- Expression it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit (literally: planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight)
Kanji
- 桃 peach. Read as もも.
- 栗 chestnut. Read as くり.
- 三 three. Read as サン.
- 年 year. Read as ネン.
- 柿 persimmon. Read as かき.
- 八 eight. Read as ハチ.