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kun'yomi

Etymology

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Calque of Chinese 不飛不鳴不飞不鸣 in Han Feizi:

右司馬御座而與王隱曰:「有鳥止南方之阜,三年不翅,不飛不鳴,嘿然無聲,此為何名?」王曰:「三年不翅,將以長羽翼;不飛不鳴,將以觀民則。雖無飛,飛必沖天;雖無鳴,鳴必驚人。子釋之,不穀知之矣。」韓非子 — 喻老

Noun

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()かず()ばず (nakazu tobazu

  1. not yet having a success for a long time