人事を尽くして天命を待つ
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 人 | 事 | 尽 | 天 | 命 | 待 |
| じん Grade: 1 |
じ Grade: 3 |
つ Grade: S |
てん Grade: 1 |
めい Grade: 3 |
ま Grade: 3 |
| kan'on | goon | kun'yomi | kan'on | kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 人事を盡くして天命を待つ (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
editPartial calque of Literary Chinese 盡人事，聽天命 (jìn rénshì, tīng tiānmìng). Originally read as 人事を尽くして天命に聴す (jinji o tsukushite tenmei ni makasu) in kanbun kundoku.
Literally "exhausting man's deeds, waiting for God's will", in which the back-formation of this form in pseudo-kanbun would be 盡人事，待天命.
Proverb
edit人事を尽くして天命を待つ • (jinji o tsukushite tenmei o matsu)
- to do one's level best and leave the rest to God's will; man proposes, God disposes
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- Japanese terms spelled with 待 read as ま
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