"十で神童十五で才子二十過ぎればただの人" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [Japanese]

Forms: 十で神童十五で才子二十過ぎればただの人 [canonical] (ruby: (とお), (しん), (どう), (じゅう), (), (さい), (), 二十(はたち), (), (ひと)), tō de shindō jūgo de saishi hatachi sugireba tada no hito [romanization]
Etymology: Literally, a child prodigy by the age of ten, a savant by the age of fifteen, yet just a man by his twenties. Head templates: {{ja-pos|proverb|とお で しんどう じゅうご で さいし はたち すぎれば ただ の ひと}} 十(とお)で神(しん)童(どう)十(じゅう)五(ご)で才(さい)子(し)二十(はたち)過(す)ぎればただの人(ひと) • (tō de shindō jūgo de saishi hatachi sugireba tada no hito)
  1. (literally) A child prodigy at ten, a genius at fifteen, but just an ordinary person by twenty. Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-十で神童十五で才子二十過ぎればただの人-ja-proverb-x0JEPXhu
  2. (figuratively) Exceptional abilities displayed at young ages may not necessarily translate into lasting brilliance. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-十で神童十五で才子二十過ぎればただの人-ja-proverb-HAziYSxq Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese proverbs, Japanese terms with 11 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese proverbs: 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 11 kanji: 36 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, a child prodigy by the age of ten, a savant by the age of fifteen, yet just a man by his twenties.",
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    {
      "form": "十で神童十五で才子二十過ぎればただの人",
      "ruby": [
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          "十",
          "とお"
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        [
          "神",
          "しん"
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        [
          "童",
          "どう"
        ],
        [
          "十",
          "じゅう"
        ],
        [
          "五",
          "ご"
        ],
        [
          "才",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "二十",
          "はたち"
        ],
        [
          "過",
          "す"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "ひと"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "tō de shindō jūgo de saishi hatachi sugireba tada no hito",
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      },
      "expansion": "十(とお)で神(しん)童(どう)十(じゅう)五(ご)で才(さい)子(し)二十(はたち)過(す)ぎればただの人(ひと) • (tō de shindō jūgo de saishi hatachi sugireba tada no hito)",
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        "A child prodigy at ten, a genius at fifteen, but just an ordinary person by twenty."
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        "(literally) A child prodigy at ten, a genius at fifteen, but just an ordinary person by twenty."
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        "Exceptional abilities displayed at young ages may not necessarily translate into lasting brilliance."
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        "(figuratively) Exceptional abilities displayed at young ages may not necessarily translate into lasting brilliance."
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "word": "十で神童十五で才子二十過ぎればただの人"
}
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    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, a child prodigy by the age of ten, a savant by the age of fifteen, yet just a man by his twenties.",
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    {
      "form": "十で神童十五で才子二十過ぎればただの人",
      "ruby": [
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          "とお"
        ],
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          "神",
          "しん"
        ],
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          "どう"
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        [
          "十",
          "じゅう"
        ],
        [
          "五",
          "ご"
        ],
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          "才",
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        ],
        [
          "子",
          "し"
        ],
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      "expansion": "十(とお)で神(しん)童(どう)十(じゅう)五(ご)で才(さい)子(し)二十(はたち)過(す)ぎればただの人(ひと) • (tō de shindō jūgo de saishi hatachi sugireba tada no hito)",
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        "A child prodigy at ten, a genius at fifteen, but just an ordinary person by twenty."
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        "(literally) A child prodigy at ten, a genius at fifteen, but just an ordinary person by twenty."
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        "Exceptional abilities displayed at young ages may not necessarily translate into lasting brilliance."
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        "(figuratively) Exceptional abilities displayed at young ages may not necessarily translate into lasting brilliance."
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}

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