Japanese saying of the week!一寸先は闇（いっすんさきはやみ）The future is a mysteryFor situations when no one can ev

Japanese saying of the week!

一寸先は闇（いっすんさきはやみ）
The future is a mystery

For situations when no one can even sort of predict what’s going to happen next.

• 一寸(いっすん/issun) one sun(old unit of measurement, about 3 cm)
• 先（さき/saki） just in front of
• は(wa) marks the topic of a sentence (this sentence is about the space just in front of us)
• 闇（やみ/yami） darkness

So literally “It’s dark one inch in front of us”