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    3. 獅子は我が子を千尋の谷に落とす

    獅子は我が子を千尋の谷に落とす

    獅し子しは​我わが​子こを​千せん尋じんの​谷たに​落におと​す​

    make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow

    NTExpressionsCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab79 strokes

    獅子はわが子を千尋の谷に落とす

    ししはわがこをせんじんのたににおとす

    Expressions

    1.
    make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow, spare the rod, spoil the child, the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)
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    Characters that make up this word

    獅
    しし…(1)
    lion
    Kanji
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    我
    われ・わ・わ.が-・わが-…(4)
    ego・I・selfish・our・oneself
    Kanji
    千
    ち…(3)
    thousand
    Kanji
    尋
    たず.ねる・ひろ…(3)
    inquire・fathom・look for
    Kanji
    谷
    たに・きわ.まる…(8)
    valley
    Kanji
    落
    お.ちる・お.ち・お.とす…(2)
    fall・drop・come down・village・hamlet
    Kanji
    は
    ha
    Kana
    が
    ga
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    の
    no
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
    と
    to
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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    • 獅
    • 子
    • 我
    • 千
    • 尋
    • 谷
    • 落
    • は
    • が
    • を
    • の
    • に
    • と
    • す

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