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    3. 飛ぶ鳥跡を濁さず

    飛ぶ鳥跡を濁さず

    飛とぶ​鳥とり跡あとを​濁にごさ​ず​

    it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself

    NTExpressionsCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab65 strokes

    とぶとりあとをにごさず

    Expressions

    1.
    it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself, a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave, on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    飛
    と.ぶ・と.ばす・-と.ばす…(3)
    fly・skip (pages)・scatter
    Kanji
    鳥
    とり…(4)
    bird・chicken
    Kanji
    跡
    あと…(1)
    tracks・mark・print・impression
    Kanji
    濁
    にご.る・にご.す…(3)
    voiced・uncleanness・wrong・nigori・impurity
    Kanji
    ぶ
    bu
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    さ
    sa
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
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    • 飛
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    • 濁
    • ぶ
    • を
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    • ず

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