出る釘は打たれる

でるくぎはうたれるderukugihautareru

expression · ichidan verb

  1. the nail that sticks out gets hammered down
  2. people that stick out too much get punished
  3. tall trees catch much wind
  4. people that excel at something become disliked

Kanji in this word

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