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    3. 知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼

    知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼

    知しら​ぬ​仏ほとけよ​り​馴な染じみ​の​鬼おに

    better the devil you know than the devil you don't know

    NTExpressionsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab55 strokes

    しらぬほとけよりなじみのおに

    Expressions

    1.
    better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    知
    し.る・し.らせる…(7)
    know・wisdom
    Kanji
    仏
    ほとけ…(2)
    Buddha・the dead・France
    Kanji
    馴
    な.れる・な.らす・したが.う…(3)
    get used to・experienced・tamed
    Kanji
    染
    そ.める・そ.まる・し.みる・し.み…(2)
    dye・color・paint・stain・print
    Kanji
    鬼
    おに・おに-…(1)
    ghost・devil
    Kanji
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    ぬ
    nu
    Kana
    よ
    yo
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    み
    mi
    Kana
    の
    no
    Kana
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    • み
    • の

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