KANAE
071Japanese proverb ことわざ

明日は明日の風が吹く

Ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku

“Tomorrow, tomorrow's wind will blow.”

The meaning

No need to carry tomorrow's worries tonight: tomorrow will bring its own wind, and with it other strengths, other chances, other ideas.

At the origin

A popular proverb, often said to lighten a hard day's end.

The characters

  1. 明日 ashitatomorrow
  2. watopic marker
  3. 明日 ashitatomorrow
  4. 吹く

The complete word-by-word reading, in KANAE.

ParticleMarks the topic: what the sentence is about — “as for…”.

In practice

What cannot be settled tonight, entrust to tomorrow's wind.

Themes

In the collections · Nanakorobi

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