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    3. 盗人を捕らえて見れば我が子なり

    盗人を捕らえて見れば我が子なり

    盗ぬす人びとを​捕とら​え​て​見みれ​ば​我わが​子こな​り​

    the doting parent's purse is plundered

    NTExpressionsFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab66 strokes

    ぬすびとをとらえてみればわがこなり

    Expressions

    1.
    the doting parent's purse is plundered, the thief caught turns out to be one's own son
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    盗
    ぬす.む・ぬす.み…(1)
    steal・rob・pilfer
    Kanji
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    Kanji
    捕
    と.らえる・と.らわれる・と.る・とら.える・とら.われる・つか.まえる…(2)
    catch・capture
    Kanji
    見
    み.る・み.える・み.せる…(1)
    see・hopes・chances・idea・opinion…(2)
    Kanji
    我
    われ・わ・わ.が-・わが-…(4)
    ego・I・selfish・our・oneself
    Kanji
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    え
    e
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
    ば
    ba
    Kana
    が
    ga
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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    • 盗
    • 人
    • 捕
    • 見
    • 我
    • 子
    • を
    • ら
    • え
    • て
    • れ
    • ば
    • が
    • な
    • り

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