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    3. 桃栗三年柿八年

    桃栗三年柿八年

    桃もも栗くり三さん年ねん柿かき八はち年ねん

    it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit

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    ももくりさんねんかきはちねん

    Expressions

    1.
    it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit, planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
    proverb

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    Kanji that make up this word

    桃
    もも…(3)
    peach
    栗
    くり・おののく…(4)
    chestnut
    三
    み・み.つ・みっ.つ…(17)
    three
    年
    とし…(2)
    year・counter for years
    柿
    かき…(1)
    persimmon
    八
    や・や.つ・やっ.つ・よう…(7)
    eight・eight radical (no. 12)
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