看板に偽りなし

Japanese

Kanji in this term
看 板 偽
かん
Grade: 6 		ばん
Grade: 3 		いつわ
Grade: S
Alternative spellings
看板に僞りなし (kyūjitai)
看板に偽り無し

Etymology

Literally, "the signboard has [tells] no lies."

Phrase

看(かん)板(ばん)に偽(いつわ)りなし • (kanban ni itsuwari nashi) 

  1. there is no discrepancy between external appearance and true substance

See also

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