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    3. 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む

    門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む

    門もん前ぜんの​小こ僧ぞう習ならわ​ぬ​経きょうを​読よむ​

    you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

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    もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ

    Verb

    1.
    you learn, without realising it, from what is around you, a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    門
    かど・と…(4)
    gate・counter for cannons
    Kanji
    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
    Kanji
    小
    ちい.さい・こ-・お-・さ-…(6)
    little・small
    Kanji
    僧
    Buddhist priest・monk
    Kanji
    習
    なら.う・なら.い…(2)
    learn
    Kanji
    経
    へ.る・た.つ・たていと・はか.る・のり…(5)
    sutra・longitude・pass thru・expire・warp
    Kanji
    読
    よ.む・-よ.み…(4)
    read
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    ぬ
    nu
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    む
    mu
    Kana
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