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    3. 河童の寒稽古

    河童の寒稽古

    河かっ童ぱの​寒かん稽げい古こ

    something that looks difficult but actually isn't

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab53 strokes

    かっぱのかんげいこ

    Noun

    1.
    something that looks difficult but actually isn't, swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 53

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    河
    かわ…(4)
    river
    Kanji
    童
    わらべ…(2)
    juvenile・child
    Kanji
    寒
    さむ.い…(3)
    cold
    Kanji
    稽
    かんが.える・とど.める…(1)
    think・consider
    Kanji
    古
    ふる.い・ふる-・-ふる.す…(2)
    old
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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