徳は孤ならず必ず隣あり
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |||
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徳 | 孤 | 必 | 隣 |
とく Grade: 4 |
こ Grade: S |
かなら Grade: 4 |
となり Grade: S |
on’yomi | kan’on | kun’yomi |
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德は孤ならず必ず隣あり (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Calque of Literary Chinese 德不孤,必有鄰 (débùgū, bìyǒulín).[1]
Proverb edit
徳は孤ならず必ず隣あり • (toku wa ko narazu kanarazu tonari ari)
References edit
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN