語感 Dictionary

逢うは別れの始め

あうはわかれのはじめ

we meet only to part; meeting is the first step to parting

Also written 会うは別れの始め

Meanings

  1. Expression

    we meet only to part; meeting is the first step to partingproverb

Example sentences

  • 逢あうは別わかれの始はじめ。

    We never meet without a parting.

  • 会あうは別わかれの始はじめ。

    We never meet without parting.

  • 二人ふたりとも今いまは舞まい上あがっているけど、会あうは別わかれの始はじめ、ってこと知しっているのかね。

    Those two are blindly enraptured with each other right now but they say first meeting someone is the first step toward goodbye. I wonder if they're aware of that.