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    3. 人事を尽くして天命を待つ

    人事を尽くして天命を待つ

    人じん事じを​尽つく​し​て​天てん命めいを​待まつ​

    man proposes, God disposes

    NTVerbReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab47 strokes

    じんじをつくしててんめいをまつ

    Verb

    1.
    man proposes, God disposes, do your best and leave the rest to providence, man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    Kanji
    事
    こと・つか.う・つか.える…(3)
    matter・thing・fact・business・reason…(1)
    Kanji
    尽
    つ.きる・つ.くす・つ.かす・-づ.く・-ず.く・ことごと.く…(2)
    exhaust・use up・run out of・deplete・befriend…(1)
    Kanji
    天
    あまつ・あめ・あま-…(7)
    heavens・sky・imperial
    Kanji
    命
    いのち…(2)
    fate・command・decree・destiny・life…(1)
    Kanji
    待
    ま.つ・-ま.ち…(3)
    wait・depend on
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
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