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案ずるより産むが易し； 案ずるより生むが易し； 案ずるより産むがやすし [sK] ； 案ずるより産むが安し； 案ずるより生むが安し [sK] ； 案ずるより生むがやすし [sK] ； あんずるより産むがやすし [sK] ； 案ずるよりうむがやすし [sK] ； 案ずるよりうむが易し [sK]
【 あんずるよりうむがやすし 】
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ it is easier to do something than worry about it
▶ fear overruns the danger
▶ [lit] it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it



History:
9. A 2024-02-24 23:46:05  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
〈案／あん〉ずるより〈産／生／う〉むが安し

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーーーー─┬───────╮
│ 案ずるより産むが安し　 │ 2,026 │ - add, sK
│ 案ずるより生むが安し　 │ 1,640 │ - add, sK
│ 案ずるよりうむが安し　 │    50 │
│ あんずるより産むが安し │    22 │
╰─ーーーーーーーーーーー─┴───────╯
  Comments: 
A couple more forms for -安し endings.
  Diff: 
@@ -11,0 +12,7 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>案ずるより産むが安し</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>案ずるより生むが安し</keb>
8. A 2024-02-24 23:42:41  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
〈案／あん〉ずるより〈産／生／う〉むが〈易／やす〉し

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 案ずるより産むが易し　　 │ 14,461 │ 52.5% │
│ 案ずるより生むが易し　　 │  8,204 │ 29.8% │
│ 案ずるより産むがやすし　 │  2,458 │  8.9% │ - add, sK
│ 案ずるより生むがやすし　 │  1,529 │  5.5% │ - add, sK
│ あんずるより産むがやすし │    263 │  1.0% │ - add, sK
│ 案ずるよりうむがやすし　 │    166 │  0.6% │ - add, sK
│ 案ずるよりうむが易し　　 │    131 │  0.5% │ - add, sK
│ あんずるより生むが易し　 │     44 │  0.2% │
│ あんずるより産むが易し　 │     32 │  0.1% │
│ あんずるより生むがやすし │     21 │  0.1% │
│ あんずるよりうむがやすし │    245 │  0.9% │
╰─ーーーーーーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -8,0 +9,20 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>案ずるより産むがやすし</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>案ずるより生むがやすし</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>あんずるより産むがやすし</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>案ずるよりうむがやすし</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>案ずるよりうむが易し</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
7. A 2020-06-04 00:28:27  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2020-06-03 23:45:01  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Doesn't need this many glosses to gey the 
message across.
  Diff: 
@@ -17 +16,0 @@
-<gloss>the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face</gloss>
@@ -19 +17,0 @@
-<gloss>an attempt is sometimes easier than expected</gloss>
5. A 2014-12-03 04:44:54  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
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