仏作って魂入れず
ほとけつくってたましいいれずhotoketsukuttetamashiiirezu
expression
- so near, yet so far
- ploughing the field and forgetting the seed
- making a Buddha statue but not putting a soul in it
ほとけつくってたましいいれずhotoketsukuttetamashiiirezu
expression
Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences