expression

Proverb.
  1. once over the borders one may do anything, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
 
 
旅の恥はかき捨て たびのはじはかきすて
 
 
 
 
旅の恥は掻き捨て たびのはじはかきすて
 
 
 
 
 
 
旅の恥は、かき捨て たびのはじはかきすて
 
 
 
 
旅の恥は搔き捨て たびのはじはかきすて

Contained Kanji Breakdown

trip, travel
たび リョ (3rd, N4)
flags flying, streamers
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
shame, dishonor
は.じる はじ チ (7th, N3)
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
discard, throw away, abandon
す.てる シャ (6th, N2)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
cottage, inn, hut
シャ セキ やど.る (5th, N1)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
good luck(吉) variant
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)