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    3. 船頭多くして船山に登る

    船頭多くして船山に登る

    船せん頭どう多おおく​し​て​船ふね山やまに​登のぼる​

    too many cooks spoil the broth

    NTVerbCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab66 strokes

    船頭多くして船山に上る船頭多くして船山にのぼる

    せんどうおおくしてふねやまにのぼる

    Verb

    1.
    too many cooks spoil the broth, too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    船
    ふね・ふな-…(2)
    ship・boat
    Kanji
    頭
    あたま・かしら・-がしら・かぶり…(8)
    head・counter for large animals
    Kanji
    多
    おお.い・まさ.に・まさ.る…(1)
    many・frequent・much
    Kanji
    山
    やま…(5)
    mountain
    Kanji
    登
    のぼ.る・あ.がる…(9)
    ascend・climb up
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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