蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘る
かにはこうらににせてあなをほる
Meanings
- Expression, Godan verb to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth (literally: a crab digs a hole like its own shell)
Kanji
- 蟹 crab. Read as かに.
- 甲 armor. Read as コウ.
- 羅 net
- 似 resemble. Read as にる.
- 穴 hole. Read as あな.
- 掘 dig. Read as ほる.