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    3. まな板の鯉

    まな板の鯉

    ま​な​板いたの​鯉こい

    someone doomed to their fate

    NTNounFood & DiningKanji Vocab34 strokes

    俎板の鯉まな板のこいまな板のコイまないたの鯉俎の鯉真魚板の鯉

    まないたのこい

    Noun

    1.
    someone doomed to their fate, fish on the chopping board
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    板
    いた…(2)
    plank・board・plate・stage
    Kanji
    鯉
    こい…(1)
    carp
    Kanji
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    の
    no
    Kana
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