過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れ
あやまちてはすなわちあらたむるにはばかることなかれ
Meanings
- Expression when you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it; do not delay in making amends for your wrongs (from the Analects of Confucius)
Kanji
- 過 pass. Read as あやまち.
- 則 rule. Read as すなわち.
- 改 reform
- 憚 hesitate; shrink; awe. Read as はばかる.
- 勿 must not. Read as なかれ.