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    3. 小人閑居して不善をなす

    小人閑居して不善をなす

    小しょう人じん閑かん居きょし​て​不ふ善ぜんを​な​す​

    an idle brain is the devil's shop

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    小人閑居して不善を為す

    しょうじんかんきょしてふぜんをなす

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    an idle brain is the devil's shop
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    小
    ちい.さい・こ-・お-・さ-…(6)
    little・small
    Kanji
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    Kanji
    閑
    leisure
    Kanji
    居
    い.る・-い・お.る…(5)
    reside・to be・exist・live with
    Kanji
    不
    negative・non-・bad・ugly・clumsy
    Kanji
    善
    よ.い・い.い・よ.く・よし.とする…(3)
    virtuous・good・goodness
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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    • す

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