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    3. 水心あれば魚心

    水心あれば魚心

    水みず心ごころあ​れ​ば​魚うおご心ころ

    kindness begets kindness

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab33 strokes

    みずごころあればうおごころ

    Expressions

    1.
    kindness begets kindness, you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, if the water is kind to the fish, the fish will be kind to the water
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
    Kanji
    心
    こころ・-ごころ…(1)
    heart・mind・spirit・heart radical (no. 61)
    Kanji
    魚
    うお・さかな・-ざかな…(2)
    fish
    Kanji
    あ
    a
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
    ば
    ba
    Kana
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