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    3. 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い

    坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い

    坊ぼう主ず憎にくけ​り​ゃ​袈け裟さま​で​憎にくい​

    if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for

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    ぼうずにくけりゃけさまでにくい

    Adjective

    1.
    if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for, hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    坊
    boy・priest's residence・priest
    Kanji
    主
    ぬし・おも・あるじ…(6)
    lord・chief・master・main thing・principal
    Kanji
    憎
    にく.む・にく.い・にく.らしい・にく.しみ…(1)
    hate・detest
    Kanji
    袈
    a coarse camlet
    Kanji
    裟
    Buddhist surplice
    Kanji
    け
    ke
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    ゃ
    small ya
    Kana
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    で
    de
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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    • で
    • い

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