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諺ことわざ

usually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

ことわざ

proverb, saying, aphorism, maxim

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これは有名ゆうめいな諺ことわざです。

This is a famous proverb.

その諺ことわざの意味いみを教おしえてください。

Please tell me the meaning of that proverb.

祖母そぼはよく諺ことわざを使つかって話はなします。

My grandmother often speaks using proverbs.

この諺ことわざは世界中せかいじゅうに似にたものがある。

There are similar proverbs to this one all around the world.

「七転ななころび八起やおきき」という諺ことわざは困難こんなんに負まけないことを意味いみしている。

The proverb 'fall seven times, get up eight' means not giving up in the face of hardship.

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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