うめうともさねうななかてんじんてござる
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); (lit.) if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
Kanji used
Japanese plum
eat
nucleus
in
heaven
god
lie down
Composed of
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
seed (of a fruit); pit; tongue (projecting strip on a board that fits into a groove on another board); clitoris; (arch.) core; (arch.) kernel
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
sleep