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    3. 井蛙は以って海を語る可からず

    井蛙は以って海を語る可からず

    井せい蛙あは​以もっ​て​海うみを​語かたる​可べか​ら​ず​

    a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab67 strokes

    せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず

    Expressions

    1.
    a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world, a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    井
    い…(5)
    well・well crib・town・community
    Kanji
    蛙
    かえる・かわず…(2)
    frog
    Kanji
    以
    もっ.て…(2)
    by means of・because・in view of・compared with
    Kanji
    海
    うみ…(16)
    sea・ocean
    Kanji
    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
    Kanji
    可
    -べ.き・-べ.し…(3)
    can・passable・approval
    Kanji
    は
    ha
    Kana
    っ
    small tsu
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
    か
    ka
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
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    • 海
    • 語
    • 可
    • は
    • っ
    • て
    • を
    • る
    • か
    • ら
    • ず

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