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    3. 石の上にも三年

    石の上にも三年

    石いしの​上うえに​も​三さん年ねん

    perseverance prevails

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab24 strokes

    いしのうえにもさんねん

    Noun

    1.
    perseverance prevails, three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    石
    いし…(9)
    stone
    Kanji
    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    Kanji
    三
    み・み.つ・みっ.つ…(17)
    three
    Kanji
    年
    とし…(2)
    year・counter for years
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
    も
    mo
    Kana
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