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    3. 滄海の一粟

    滄海の一粟

    滄そう海かいの​一いち粟ぞく

    drop in the bucket

    NTNounLiteratureKanji Vocab36 strokes

    蒼海の一粟

    そうかいのいちぞく

    Noun

    1.
    drop in the bucket, drop in the ocean, one grain of millet in a vast ocean
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 36

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    滄
    ocean
    Kanji
    海
    うみ…(16)
    sea・ocean
    Kanji
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    粟
    あわ・もみ…(6)
    millet
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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