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    3. 人間万事塞翁が馬

    人間万事塞翁が馬

    人にん間げん万ばん事じ塞さい翁おうが​馬うま

    inscrutable are the ways of heaven

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab63 strokes

    にんげんばんじさいおうがうまじんかんばんじさいおうがうま

    Expressions

    1.
    inscrutable are the ways of heaven, fortune is unpredictable and changeable
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    Kanji
    間
    あいだ・ま・あい…(6)
    interval・space
    Kanji
    万
    よろず…(5)
    ten thousand・10,000
    Kanji
    事
    こと・つか.う・つか.える…(3)
    matter・thing・fact・business・reason…(1)
    Kanji
    塞
    ふさ.ぐ・とりで・み.ちる…(2)
    close・shut・cover・block・obstruct
    Kanji
    翁
    おきな…(3)
    venerable old man
    Kanji
    馬
    うま・うま-・ま…(5)
    horse
    Kanji
    が
    ga
    Kana
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