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    3. 悪妻は百年の不作

    悪妻は百年の不作

    悪あく妻さいは​百ひゃく年ねんの​不ふ作さく

    a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband

    NTExpressionsFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab46 strokes

    あくさいはひゃくねんのふさく

    Expressions

    1.
    a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband, a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    悪
    わる.い・わる-・あ.し・にく.い・-にく.い・ああ…(5)
    bad・vice・rascal・false・evil…(1)
    Kanji
    妻
    つま…(3)
    wife・spouse
    Kanji
    百
    もも…(11)
    hundred
    Kanji
    年
    とし…(2)
    year・counter for years
    Kanji
    不
    negative・non-・bad・ugly・clumsy
    Kanji
    作
    つく.る・つく.り・-づく.り…(10)
    make・production・prepare・build
    Kanji
    は
    ha
    Kana
    の
    no
    Kana
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    • 悪
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    • 百
    • 年
    • 不
    • 作
    • は
    • の

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