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    3. 王侯将相いずくんぞ種あらんや

    王侯将相いずくんぞ種あらんや

    王おう侯こう将しょう相しょうい​ず​く​ん​ぞ​種しゅあ​ら​ん​や​

    high status does not depend on birth

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    おうこうしょうしょういずくんぞしゅあらんや

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    high status does not depend on birth, every man can achieve great power if he exerts himself
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    王
    king・rule・magnate
    Kanji
    侯
    marquis・lord・daimyo
    Kanji
    将
    まさ.に・はた・まさ・ひきい.る・もって…(7)
    leader・commander・general・admiral・or…(4)
    Kanji
    相
    あい-…(8)
    inter-・mutual・together・each other・minister of state…(4)
    Kanji
    種
    たね・-ぐさ…(5)
    species・kind・class・variety・seed
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
    ん
    n
    Kana
    ぞ
    zo
    Kana
    あ
    a
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    や
    ya
    Kana
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