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    3. 遠くの親戚より近くの他人

    遠くの親戚より近くの他人

    遠とおく​の​親しん戚せきよ​り​近ちかく​の​他た人にん

    a neighbour is better than a relative living far

    NTExpressionsCulture & TraditionsFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab62 strokes

    とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん

    Expressions

    1.
    a neighbour is better than a relative living far
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    遠
    とお.い…(6)
    distant・far
    Kanji
    親
    おや・おや-・した.しい・した.しむ…(4)
    parent・intimacy・relative・familiarity・dealer (cards)
    Kanji
    戚
    いた.む・うれ.える・みうち…(2)
    grieve・relatives
    Kanji
    近
    ちか.い…(5)
    near・early・akin・tantamount
    Kanji
    他
    ほか…(1)
    other・another・the others
    Kanji
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
    の
    no
    Kana
    よ
    yo
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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    • 遠
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    • 他
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