http://www.chanomitalk.com/articles/2006/06/17/%25e5%25bc%2598%25e6%25b3%2595%25e3%2581%25ab%25e3%2582%2582%25e7%25ad%2586%25e3%2581%25ae%25e8%25aa%25a4%25e3%2582%258a en-us 40 making sense of language <p>&nbsp;</p><h3><font size="3"><strong> 弘法にも筆の誤り</strong></font></h3><p>&nbsp;</p><h5><font size="2"> こうぼうにもふでのあやまり </font></h5><p><font size="2"><br /></font> <br /> </p><hr /> <br /><br /> <font size="2"> どんな名人でも、時には、失敗をするということ。<br />弘法大師のような書道の達人でも、うっかり書き損じることがあるということ。 <br /><br /> どんなめいじんでも、ときには、しっぱいをするということ。<br /> こうぼうだいしのようなしょどうのたつじんでも、うっかりかきそんじることがあるということ。 <br /><br /></font> <br /> <hr /> <br /><br /> <font size="2"><strong> &quot;Koubou nimo fude no ayamari&quot;</strong> mean, &quot;Even Koubou makes mistake with the brush.&quot; It basically means &quot;everybody makes mistakes.&quot; Koubou refers to Koubou-daishi, the founder of the temple on Mt. Kouya, who was an expert at calligraphy.Though it has basically the same meaning as &quot;Saru mo ki kara ochiru,&quot; they are used in different situations. Whereas the other saying can be used for anybody making any mistake, &quot;Koubou ni mo fude no ayamari&quot; is used more for when a professional or someone who is supposed to be good at something screws up. Perhaps this should be translated as, &quot;Even experts make mistakes.&quot; You might use this if a doctor misdiagnoses a disease. </font> <br /><p>&nbsp;</p> Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:07:00 -0400 urn:uuid:9790dbb9-d830-4e7e-9786-71ec85950fb5 ShuzoNakamura http://www.chanomitalk.com/articles/2006/06/17/%25e5%25bc%2598%25e6%25b3%2595%25e3%2581%25ab%25e3%2582%2582%25e7%25ad%2586%25e3%2581%25ae%25e8%25aa%25a4%25e3%2582%258a 言い回し西東 言い回し東 ことわざ