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    3. 頂門の一針

    頂門の一針

    頂ちょう門もんの​一いっ針しん

    painful reproach

    NTNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab31 strokes

    頂門一針

    ちょうもんのいっしん

    Noun

    1.
    painful reproach, a needle in one's scalp
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    頂
    いただ.く・いただき…(1)
    place on the head・receive・top of head・top・summit…(1)
    Kanji
    門
    かど・と…(4)
    gate・counter for cannons
    Kanji
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    針
    はり…(2)
    needle・pin・staple・stinger
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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