302Japanese maxim 格言
一日一歩、三日で三歩
いちにちいっぽ、みっかでさんぽIchinichi ippo, mikka de sanpo
“One step a day: in three days, three steps.”
The meaning
The arithmetic is modest and unanswerable. Progress does not need to be spectacular to be real — it needs to be daily.
At the origin
A modern Japanese popular saying, part of everyday speech.
The characters
In practice
Count your steps of the week — not your leaps.
Editorial note
Modern saying in common use.