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    3. 鴨が葱を背負って来る

    鴨が葱を背負って来る

    鴨かもが​葱ねぎを​背しょ負​っ​て​来くる​

    along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money

    NTVerbFood & DiningKanji Vocab64 strokes

    カモがネギを背負ってくるカモがネギを背負って来る鴨がねぎを背負ってくる鴨がねぎを背負って来る鴨が葱を背負ってくる鴨が葱をしょって来る鴨が葱をしょってくる

    かもがねぎをしょってくる

    Verb

    1.
    along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money, a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    鴨
    かも・あひる…(1)
    wild duck・easy mark
    Kanji
    葱
    ねぎ…(1)
    stone leek・Welsh onion
    Kanji
    背
    せ・せい・そむ.く・そむ.ける…(1)
    stature・height・back・behind・disobey…(3)
    Kanji
    負
    ま.ける・ま.かす・お.う…(1)
    defeat・negative・-・minus・bear…(2)
    Kanji
    来
    く.る・きた.る・きた.す・き.たす・き.たる・き…(7)
    come・due・next・cause・become
    Kanji
    が
    ga
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    っ
    small tsu
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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