六ろく十じゅうの手て習ならい

expression, noun

beginning to learn when old; it's never too late to learn

Proverbial expression encouraging learning at any age; literally 'learning calligraphy at sixty'. Often used to say that one is never too old to start something new.

• 六ろく十じゅうの手て習ならいで、母ははは最さい近きんピアノを始はじめた。

  True to the saying 'it's never too late to learn,' my mother recently started learning the piano.

• 「六ろく十じゅうの手て習ならい」という言こと葉ばがあるように、年としをとってから新あたらしいことを始はじめるのも悪わるくない。

  As the proverb goes, 'beginning to learn when one is old,' it's not bad to start something new even when you're older.