勿

Meaning

勿 centers on prohibition or negation: expressing that something is not, must not, or should not be done.

• 勿論もちろん
  N5

  of course; certainly; naturally

• 勿体ないもったいない
  N3

  wasteful; a waste

• 勿体もったい

  superior airs; air of importance

• 勿まな

  must not; may not

• 勿の論もちのろん

  of course; certainly; naturally

• 勿れなかれ

  must not; do not

• 勿体ぶるもったいぶる

  to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity

• 勿体をつけるもったいをつける

  to put on airs; to assume importance

• 勿吉もっきつ

  Mohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)

• 勿忘草色わすれなぐさいろ

  forget-me-not blue

• 己の欲せざる所は人に施す勿れおのれのほっせざるところはひとにほどこすなかれ

  do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you

• 過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れあやまちてはすなわちあらたむるにはばかることなかれ

  when you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it; do not delay in making amends for your wrongs

• 鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れけいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ

  better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow

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