"好きこそものの上手なれ" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

IPA: [sɨᵝkʲi ko̞so̞ mo̞no̞ no̞ d͡ʑo̞ːzɨᵝ na̠ɾe̞] Forms: 好きこそものの上手なれ [canonical] (ruby: (), (じょう), ()), suki koso mono no jōzu nare [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|すき こそ もの の じょうず なれ}} 好(す)きこそものの上(じょう)手(ず)なれ • (suki koso mono no jōzu nare)
  1. What you like to do, you will do well. To improve your skills in something, you must enjoy doing it. Tags: idiomatic

Download JSON data for 好きこそものの上手なれ meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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    }
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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