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Zach

男やもめに蛆がわく

男やもめにうじがわく、 男鰥に蛆が湧く

Reading

Kana: おとこやもめにうじがわく
Romaji: otokoyamomeniujigawaku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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Widowers are untidy; A man alone soon goes to seed; A man goes to pieces without a woman to look after him

Note: idiomatic expression

Kanji

男
Readings: ダン、 ナン、 おとこ、 お
Meaning: male
蛆
Readings: ソ、 ショ、 うじ
Meanings: worm, grub, maggot
鰥
Readings: カン、 コン、 やもめ、 やもお
Meanings: widower, unmarried man
湧
Readings: ユウ、 ヨウ、 ユ、 わ.く
Meanings: boil, ferment, seethe, uproar, breed