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文を以て立つ (ぶんをもってたつ) — to live by the pen | Kumi Dictionary

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文を以て立つ

文を以て立つ

文ぶんを以もって立たつ

to live by the pen

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ぶんをもってたつ

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to live by the pen

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Kanji that make up this word

ふみ・あや…(5)

sentence・literature・style・art・decoration…(3)

もっ.て…(2)

by means of・because・in view of・compared with

た.つ・-た.つ・た.ち-・た.てる・-た.てる・た.て-…(12)

stand up・rise・set up・erect

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