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    3. 朱に交われば赤くなる

    朱に交われば赤くなる

    朱しゅに​交まじわ​れ​ば​赤あかく​な​る​

    people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab37 strokes

    しゅにまじわればあかくなる

    Verb

    1.
    people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them, spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer, when mixing with vermillion, one becomes red
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    朱
    あけ…(5)
    vermilion・cinnabar・scarlet・red・bloody
    Kanji
    交
    まじ.わる・まじ.える・ま.じる・まじ.る・ま.ざる・ま.ぜる…(6)
    mingle・mixing・association・coming & going
    Kanji
    赤
    あか・あか-・あか.い・あか.らむ・あか.らめる…(5)
    red
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
    ば
    ba
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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