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    3. 魚心あれば水心あり

    魚心あれば水心あり

    魚うお心ごころあ​れ​ば​水みずご心ころあ​り​

    kindness begets kindness

    NTExpressionsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab38 strokes

    うおごころあればみずごころあり

    Expressions

    1.
    kindness begets kindness, you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    魚
    うお・さかな・-ざかな…(2)
    fish
    Kanji
    心
    こころ・-ごころ…(1)
    heart・mind・spirit・heart radical (no. 61)
    Kanji
    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
    Kanji
    あ
    a
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
    ば
    ba
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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