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    3. 武士は食わねど高楊枝

    武士は食わねど高楊枝

    武ぶ士しは​食くわ​ね​ど​高たか楊よう枝じ

    the samurai glories in honourable poverty

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    武士はくわねど高楊枝

    ぶしはくわねどたかようじ

    Expressions

    1.
    the samurai glories in honourable poverty, keep a stiff upper lip!
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    武
    たけ・たけ.し…(7)
    warrior・military・chivalry・arms
    Kanji
    士
    さむらい…(3)
    gentleman・scholar・samurai・samurai radical (no. 33)
    Kanji
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    高
    たか.い・たか・-だか・たか.まる・たか.める…(6)
    tall・high・expensive
    Kanji
    楊
    やなぎ…(2)
    willow
    Kanji
    枝
    えだ…(3)
    bough・branch・twig・limb・counter for branches
    Kanji
    は
    ha
    Kana
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    ね
    ne
    Kana
    ど
    do
    Kana
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