さい
歳
げつ
月
なが
流
　
る
　
る
ごと
如
　
し

expression

Proverb.
  1. time flies like an arrow.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
さい
歳
げつ
月
なが
流
　
る
　
る
ごと
如
　
し
 歳月流るる如し さいげつながるるごとし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

year-end, age, occasion
とし　サイ　セイ (7th, N3)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
sign of the dog, 7-9PM, eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac
いぬ　ジュツ (Kentei 1)
5th calendar sign
つちのえ　ボ　ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ　カ　ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
current, a sink, flow
リュウ　なが.れる　ながれ (3rd, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
a cup with pendants, a pennant, wild
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ　セン　か (1st, N5)
likeness, like, such as
ごと.し　ジョ　ニョ (8th, N1)
woman, female
ジョ　おんな　め (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)