仏作って魂入れず

ほとけつくってたましいいれずhotoketsukuttetamashiiirezu

expression

  1. so near, yet so far
  2. ploughing the field and forgetting the seed
  3. making a Buddha statue but not putting a soul in it

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences