紺屋の白袴

こうやのしろばかま

Meanings

1. Expression the shoemaker's children go barefoot; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves (literally: the dyer's white hakama)

Kanji

• 紺 navy blue
• 屋 shop
• 白 white. Read as しろ.
• 袴 men's formal divided skirt. Read as はかま.

Example sentences

• 紺屋の白袴。
  Shoemakers' children go barefoot.

Word lists

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