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    3. 権兵衛が種蒔きゃ烏がほじくる

    権兵衛が種蒔きゃ烏がほじくる

    権ごん兵べ衛えが​種たね蒔まき​ゃ​烏からすが​ほ​じ​く​る​

    spoiling someone's work

    NTVerbCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab101 strokes

    権兵衛が種まきゃ烏がほじくる権兵衛が種まきゃカラスがほじくる

    ごんべえがたねまきゃからすがほじくる

    Verb

    1.
    spoiling someone's work, useless effort, labouring in vain, if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 101

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    権
    おもり・かり・はか.る…(2)
    authority・power・rights
    Kanji
    兵
    つわもの…(3)
    soldier・private・troops・army・warfare…(2)
    Kanji
    衛
    defense・protection
    Kanji
    種
    たね・-ぐさ…(5)
    species・kind・class・variety・seed
    Kanji
    蒔
    う.える・ま.く…(5)
    sow (seeds)
    Kanji
    烏
    からす・いずくんぞ・なんぞ…(2)
    crow・raven
    Kanji
    が
    ga
    Kana
    き
    ki
    Kana
    ゃ
    small ya
    Kana
    ほ
    ho
    Kana
    じ
    ji
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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    • 兵
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    • 種
    • 蒔
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    • ほ
    • じ
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