門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む
もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ
Meanings
- Expression, Godan verb you learn, without realising it, from what is around you (literally: a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught)
Kanji
- 門 gate. Read as モン.
- 前 front. Read as ゼン.
- 小 small
- 僧 monk. Read as ソウ.
- 習 learn. Read as ならう.
- 経 pass. Read as キョウ.
- 読 read. Read as よむ.