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    3. 明日の百より今日の五十

    明日の百より今日の五十

    明あ日すの​百ひゃくよ​り​今きょ日うの​五ご十じゅう

    a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab38 strokes

    あすのひゃくよりきょうのごじゅう

    Expressions

    1.
    a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, fifty today is better than a hundred tomorrow
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    明
    あ.かり・あか.るい・あか.るむ・あか.らむ・あき.らか・あ.ける…(18)
    bright・light
    Kanji
    日
    ひ・-び・-か…(14)
    day・sun・Japan・counter for days
    Kanji
    百
    もも…(11)
    hundred
    Kanji
    今
    いま…(3)
    now
    Kanji
    五
    いつ・いつ.つ…(8)
    five
    Kanji
    十
    とお・と・そ…(15)
    ten
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    よ
    yo
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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    • 明
    • 日
    • 百
    • 今
    • 五
    • 十
    • の
    • よ
    • り

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