Japanese Sword and Clay's Proverb

刀
katana
Japanese sword

(subtitle to the picture in the video)
In this historic duel between the last of the hashi-clan and the katana-clan,The sword was proven to be indeed mighter than the chopsticks.

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

クレイの諺 kurei no kotowaza - Clay's (that's me) proverb
確かに tashika ni - surely
はし hashi - chopsticks
勝る masaru - to be better than..., superior to...
刀ははしに勝る katana wa hashi ni masaru - ~(the thing superior) wa ~(the thing inferior) ni masaru.

NOTE: the first は is the topic particle and is pronounced 'wa.' The second is 'ha.'

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[Ashitanoyuki]

I disagree. chop sticks can poke eyes. It can pick up food without breaking them. Katana can only be used killing. Everyone in japan use chopsticks. In that sense, chopsticks are mighter then katana. DONT OVER LOOK THE POWER OF CHOPSTICKS.

[thejapanshop]

This is true; very true.

[ailashes]

(clap clap) thank you! This is fun, concise and helpful. :)

[thejapanshop]

Thanks!

[parsnip02]

im gonna use that.

[lupocephalic]

Also, chopsticks make decent bookmarks in my japanese-english dictionary.

My katana? .... not so much.

[dzhitler]

wow it's very nice and easly to learn japenese

[Johannady]

when will you use the proverb?

[VTPPGLVR]

:-D

I could imagine using this on sensei, and her being like "(^.^) Yes. Indeed, the katana is-- (O.o) wait, what??"

(she kinda did that when we were doing a kanji review, she puts up 今年　and, just to screw with her, I shout out "IMA NEN!!!" Hehehe. this is the same teacher that took time out of another Japanese class to show us all this link... youtube(dot)com/watch?v=NlWyyk­A8K9g tehehe)

[rainyskky]

nice.

[bestiaccia]

Thanks!!