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    3. 池魚の殃

    池魚の殃

    池ち魚ぎょの​殃わざわい

    collateral damage

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab27 strokes

    ちぎょのわざわい

    Noun

    1.
    collateral damage, getting embroiled in someone else's dispute, having a fire spread to one's own house
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    池
    いけ…(1)
    pond・cistern・pool・reservoir
    Kanji
    魚
    うお・さかな・-ざかな…(2)
    fish
    Kanji
    殃
    わざわい…(2)
    misfortune・disaster・calamity
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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