十じゅう人にん十と色いろ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

expression, noun

different strokes for different folks; everyone has their own tastes

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)›

A yojijukugo meaning that people have diverse preferences, opinions, and personalities. Often used as a standalone phrase or with だ/です.

趣しゅ味みは十じゅう人にん十と色いろだから、他た人にんの好このみを否ひ定ていしてはいけない。

Tastes differ from person to person, so you shouldn't criticize other people's preferences.

十じゅう人にん十と色いろで、みんな違ちがった意い見けんを持もっている。

Everyone has their own opinion; it's a case of different strokes for different folks.

Kanji

十ten
人person
色color

Related words

千せん差さ万ばん別べつN1
十人十色 highlights that each individual person differs, while 千差万別 stresses a wider, more extreme range of variation among many things.
好すき好ずきN2
十人十色 is a more formal, proverb-like expression meaning 'so many people, so many minds', while 好き好き is a casual noun used in everyday speech about tastes.

Etymology

A yojijukugo composed of 十人 (ten people) and 十色 (ten colors), literally 'ten people, ten colors.' The exact origin is uncertain, but it is a well-established idiom expressing diversity of human nature.