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    3. 宝の山に入りながら手を空しくして帰る

    宝の山に入りながら手を空しくして帰る

    宝たからの​山やまに​入いり​な​が​ら​手てを​空むなし​く​し​て​帰かえる​

    to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp

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    たからのやまにいりながらてをむなしくしてかえる

    Expressions

    1.
    to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp, to come home empty-handed despite having entered treasure mountain
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    宝
    たから…(2)
    treasure・wealth・valuables
    Kanji
    山
    やま…(5)
    mountain
    Kanji
    入
    い.る・-い.る・-い.り・い.れる・-い.れ・はい.る…(7)
    enter・insert
    Kanji
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    空
    そら・あ.く・あ.き・あ.ける・から・す.く…(6)
    empty・sky・void・vacant・vacuum
    Kanji
    帰
    かえ.る・かえ.す・おく.る・とつ.ぐ…(1)
    homecoming・arrive at・lead to・result in
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    が
    ga
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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    • 宝
    • 山
    • 入
    • 手
    • 空
    • 帰
    • の
    • に
    • り
    • な
    • が
    • ら
    • を
    • し
    • く
    • て
    • る

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