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    3. 雨降って地固まる

    雨降って地固まる

    雨あめ降ふっ​て​地じ固かたま​る​

    adversity strengthens the foundations

    NTVerbCulture & TraditionsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab38 strokes

    あめふってじかたまる

    Verb

    1.
    adversity strengthens the foundations, after a storm comes a calm, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, the ground hardens after it rains
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    雨
    あめ・あま-・-さめ…(1)
    rain
    Kanji
    降
    お.りる・お.ろす・ふ.る・ふ.り・くだ.る・くだ.す…(4)
    descend・precipitate・fall・surrender
    Kanji
    地
    ground・earth
    Kanji
    固
    かた.める・かた.まる・かた.まり・かた.い…(1)
    harden・set・clot・curdle
    Kanji
    っ
    small tsu
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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