身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり (しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり): filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)

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身しん体たい髪はっ膚ぷこれを父ふ母ぼに受うくあえて毀き傷しょうせざるは孝こうの始はじめなり

filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)

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身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始なり

しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり

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filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)

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Characters that make up this word

身

み…(1)

somebody・person・one's station in life

Kanji

体

からだ・かたち…(3)

body・substance・object・reality・counter for images

skin・body・grain・texture・disposition

accept・undergo・answer (phone)・take・get…(2)

Kanji

毀

こぼ.つ・こわ.す・こぼ.れる・こわ.れる・そし.る・やぶ.る…(1)

break・destroy・censure・be chipped・be scratched…(2)

Kanji

傷

きず・いた.む・いた.める…(1)

wound・hurt・injure・impair・pain…(5)

Kanji

孝

filial piety・child's respect

Kanji

始

はじ.める・-はじ.める・はじ.まる…(2)

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身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり

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身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり

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