Japanese

Idiom

骨に刻み、肝に銘ずる ‎(hiragana ほねにきざみ、きもにめいずる, romaji hone ni kizami, kimo ni meizuru)

1. To have one's resolve carved on the forehead.

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.