<entry id="2296124" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2836571</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはいっしょうのはじ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<gloss>better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-09-08 02:04:31" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>huixing</upd_name>
<upd_refs>http://kotowaza-allguide.com/ki/kikanuwaissyounohaji.html
https://proverb-encyclopedia.com/kikuhaitokinohazi/</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-09-08 16:27:16" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>Seems way more common than our current "...聞かぬは末代の恥" based on a twitter search for "聞かぬは" (I scrolled past maybe 30 
results or so; all 一生の恥)</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;proverb;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-29 11:32:03" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-03-26 19:29:33" stat="A">
<upd_uid>stephen</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>https://github.com/JMdictProject/JMdictIssues/issues/122
Adding commas to readings to align with kanji forms.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
@@ -11 +12 @@
-&lt;reb&gt;きくはいっときのはじきかぬはいっしょうのはじ&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはいっしょうのはじ&lt;/reb&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>