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    3. 元の木阿弥

    元の木阿弥

    元もとの​木もく阿あ弥み

    ending up right back where one started

    NTExpressionsCore ConceptsKanji Vocab25 strokes

    元のもくあみ元の杢阿弥

    もとのもくあみ

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    ending up right back where one started

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    Characters that make up this word

    元
    もと…(7)
    beginning・former time・origin
    Kanji
    木
    き・こ-…(5)
    tree・wood
    Kanji
    阿
    おもね.る・くま…(8)
    Africa・flatter・fawn upon・corner・nook…(1)
    Kanji
    弥
    や・いや・いよ.いよ・わた.る…(6)
    all the more・increasingly
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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