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    3. 千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れる

    千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れる

    千せん丈じょうの​堤つつみも​蟻ありの​一いっ穴けつよ​り​崩くずれ​る​

    a small leak will sink a great ship

    NTVerbBusiness & FinanceNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab66 strokes

    せんじょうのつつみもありのいっけつよりくずれる

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    a small leak will sink a great ship
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    千
    ち…(3)
    thousand
    Kanji
    丈
    たけ・だけ…(3)
    length・ten shaku・measure・Mr.・Ms.…(6)
    Kanji
    堤
    つつみ…(1)
    dike・bank・embankment
    Kanji
    蟻
    あり…(1)
    ant
    Kanji
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    穴
    あな…(4)
    hole・aperture・slit・cave・den
    Kanji
    崩
    くず.れる・-くず.れ・くず.す…(1)
    crumble・die・demolish・level
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    も
    mo
    Kana
    よ
    yo
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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    • 蟻
    • 一
    • 穴
    • 崩
    • の
    • も
    • よ
    • り
    • れ
    • る

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