087Japanese proverb ことわざ
三度目の正直
さんどめのしょうじきSandome no shōjiki
“The third time is the charm.”
Word for wordThe third time, sincerity.
The meaning
The first two tries teach; the third harvests. Trying again is not stubbornness, if each attempt keeps the lesson of the one before.
At the origin
A proverb of encouragement, exact counterpoint of "what happens twice will happen three times".
The characters
- 三度目 sandomethird time
- の noof (link)
- 正直
のParticleLinks two words: possession or belonging, like “of”.
In practice
Before the third try, write down what the first two taught.
Themes
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