弓は袋に太刀は鞘

Japanese
Kanji in this term
弓 袋 太 刀 鞘
ゆみ
Grade: 2		 ふくろ
Grade: S		 たち さや
Jinmeiyō
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
kun’yomi kun’yomi jukujikun kun’yomi

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 弓 (yumi, “archery bow”) +‎ は (wa, topic particle) +‎ 袋 (fukuro, “bag”) +‎ に (ni, locative particle: “in”) +‎ 太刀 (tachi, “long sword, great sword”) +‎ は (wa, topic particle) +‎ 鞘 (saya, “sheath”). Literally “bows are in [their] bags and swords [their] sheaths”.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝmʲi ɰᵝa̠ ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ ɲ̟i ta̠t͡ɕi ɰᵝa̠ sa̠ja̠]

Idiom

弓(ゆみ)は袋(ふくろ)に太刀(たち)は鞘(さや) • (yumi wa fukuro ni tachi wa saya) 

  1. “God is in His heaven and all is right with the world” → a metaphor for peaceful circumstances

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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