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    3. 女は三界に家なし

    女は三界に家なし

    女おんなは​三さん界がいに​家いえな​し​

    a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)

    NTExpressionsCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab36 strokes

    女は三界に家無し

    おんなはさんがいにいえなし

    Expressions

    1.
    a woman has no home of her own in this world (because she has to obey her parents when she is young, her husband when she gets married, and her children when she is old)
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    女
    おんな・め…(7)
    woman・female
    Kanji
    三
    み・み.つ・みっ.つ…(17)
    three
    Kanji
    界
    world・boundary
    Kanji
    家
    いえ・や・うち…(7)
    house・home・family・professional・expert…(1)
    Kanji
    は
    ha
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
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