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おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
Alt. forms
鬼おにも十じゅう八はち番ばん茶ちゃも出で花ばな
おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな
Composed of
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); very
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
first brew of tea
Composed of
even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; (lit.) even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed