KANAE
025Japanese proverb ことわざ

念には念を入れよ

Nen ni wa nen o ireyo

“To care, add care.”

The meaning

Care calls for care. Checking what has already been checked is not distrust: it is the mark of work that lasts.

At the origin

A workshop proverb, dear to the Japanese culture of work well done.

The characters

  1. nencare
  2. nito, toward
  3. watopic marker
  4. 入れよ

The complete word-by-word reading, in KANAE.

ParticleThe point of arrival: a place, a moment, a destination.

ParticleMarks the topic: what the sentence is about — “as for…”.

In practice

For what truly matters, reread or recheck one last time.

Themes

Similar proverbs

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See also