ぼん
煩
のう
悩
　
の
いぬ
犬
　
は
お
追
　
え
　
ど
　
も
さ
去
　
ら
　
ず

expression

Proverb.
  1. one cannot escape from one's worldly desires, the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ぼん
煩
のう
悩
　
の
いぬ
犬
　
は
お
追
　
え
　
ど
　
も
さ
去
　
ら
　
ず
 煩悩の犬は追えども去らず ぼんのうのいぬはおえどもさらず

Contained Kanji Breakdown

anxiety, trouble, worry
ハン　うるさ.がる　ボン (9th, N1)
fire
ひ　カ　ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
page, leaf
ケツ　ぺえじ　おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ　みずか.ら　おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
trouble, worry, in pain
なや.む　ノウ　なやみ (7th, N2)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン　こころ
villain, evil, bad luck
キョウ (7th, N1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)
dog
いぬ　ケン (1st, N4)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
chase, drive away, follow
お.う　ツイ　おい (3rd, N3)
to store up, to pile up, pile up
タイ
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
terraced hill
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
gone, past, quit
さ.る　コ　キョ (3rd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)