Japanese Kotowaza: 急がば回れ

Japanese Kotowaza: 急がば回れ – Review Notes

Today we learned another interesting Japanese ことわざ (kotowaza): 急がば回れ (isogaba maware). Learn more about it below!

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ことわざ (kotowaza) – Japanese Proverbs:

★　Today, we will learn another interesting ことわざ (kotowaza) – Japanese proverb or saying.

★　The expression 急がば回れ means “If you rush, you’ll go around in circles.”

★　A similar expression in English is “Haste makes waste”

★　Sometimes if you try to take a shortcut, you end up getting lost and it takes more time than it would have if you just went the normal way.

★　The idea of this expression is that it is better to stay calm and do things in a sure way, rather than trying to find a quicker way.   

★　急ぐ (isogu) means “to hurry”

★　回る (mawaru) means “to go around in circles“

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