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    3. 清水の舞台から飛び降りる

    清水の舞台から飛び降りる

    清きよ水みずの​舞ぶ台たいか​ら​飛とび​降おり​る​

    to make a leap into the dark

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    清水の舞台から飛び下りる清水の舞台から飛びおりる

    きよみずのぶたいからとびおりる

    Verb

    1.
    to make a leap into the dark, to take the plunge, to jump in at the deep end, to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    清
    きよ.い・きよ.まる・きよ.める…(10)
    pure・purify・cleanse・exorcise・Manchu dynasty
    Kanji
    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
    Kanji
    舞
    ま.う・-ま.う・まい…(1)
    dance・flit・circle・wheel
    Kanji
    台
    うてな・われ・つかさ…(2)
    pedestal・a stand・counter for machines and vehicles
    Kanji
    飛
    と.ぶ・と.ばす・-と.ばす…(3)
    fly・skip (pages)・scatter
    Kanji
    降
    お.りる・お.ろす・ふ.る・ふ.り・くだ.る・くだ.す…(4)
    descend・precipitate・fall・surrender
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    か
    ka
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    び
    bi
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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