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    3. 馬の耳に念仏

    馬の耳に念仏

    馬うまの​耳みみに​念ねん仏ぶつ

    preaching to the deaf

    NTExpressionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab32 strokes

    うまのみみにねんぶつ

    Expressions

    1.
    preaching to the deaf, chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    馬
    うま・うま-・ま…(5)
    horse
    Kanji
    耳
    みみ…(2)
    ear
    Kanji
    念
    wish・sense・idea・thought・feeling…(2)
    Kanji
    仏
    ほとけ…(2)
    Buddha・the dead・France
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
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