Mikka Bozu

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English

Japanese

The literal meaning is “three days guy”, and it means that someone gives up easily, or means such a person.

今日は「三日坊主」という日本語を紹介します。

Usage example: Although he declared that he would post on Lang-8 every day and he got all fired up about that, he was mikka bozu (he quit easily).

「三日坊主」は、飽きっぽくて長続きがしないことや、そのような人のことを意味します。

In Buddhism, once you become a priest, you have to wake up in the early morning, and do strict training every day.

例：彼は毎日 Lang-8 に投稿すると意気込んでいたが、三日坊主だった。

Since some of people who became priests quit the training and return to a secular life in three days, this term was made.

仏教では、出家して僧になると、毎日朝早く起きて、厳しい修行をしなければなりません。