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    3. 正直者が馬鹿を見る

    正直者が馬鹿を見る

    正しょう直じき者ものが​馬ば鹿かを​見みる​

    honesty does not pay

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab58 strokes

    正直者がバカを見る

    しょうじきものがばかをみる

    Verb

    1.
    honesty does not pay, life is unfair
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    正
    ただ.しい・ただ.す・まさ・まさ.に…(7)
    correct・justice・righteous・10**40
    Kanji
    直
    ただ.ちに・なお.す・-なお.す・なお.る・なお.き・す.ぐ…(7)
    straightaway・honesty・frankness・fix・repair
    Kanji
    者
    もの…(1)
    someone・person
    Kanji
    馬
    うま・うま-・ま…(5)
    horse
    Kanji
    鹿
    しか・か…(2)
    deer
    Kanji
    見
    み.る・み.える・み.せる…(1)
    see・hopes・chances・idea・opinion…(2)
    Kanji
    が
    ga
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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