See 失敗は成功の元 on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Literally, \"failure is the basis of success\".",
"forms": [
{
"form": "失敗は成功の元",
"ruby": [
[
"失",
"しっ"
],
[
"敗",
"ぱい"
],
[
"成",
"せい"
],
[
"功",
"こう"
],
[
"元",
"もと"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "shippai wa seikō no moto",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"2": "しっぱい は せいこう の もと"
},
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"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "phrase",
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{
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"glosses": [
"failure is a stepping stone to success"
],
"id": "en-失敗は成功の元-ja-phrase-20GnGrHe",
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "shippai wa seikō no haha",
"ruby": [
[
"失敗",
"しっぱい"
],
[
"成功",
"せいこう"
],
[
"母",
"はは"
]
],
"word": "失敗は成功の母"
}
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"word": "失敗は成功の元"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Literally, \"failure is the basis of success\".",
"forms": [
{
"form": "失敗は成功の元",
"ruby": [
[
"失",
"しっ"
],
[
"敗",
"ぱい"
],
[
"成",
"せい"
],
[
"功",
"こう"
],
[
"元",
"もと"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "shippai wa seikō no moto",
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"romanization"
]
}
],
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}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
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"pos": "phrase",
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"Japanese lemmas",
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"Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with 元 read as もと",
"Japanese terms spelled with 功 read as こう",
"Japanese terms spelled with 失 read as しつ",
"Japanese terms spelled with 成 read as せい",
"Japanese terms spelled with 敗 read as はい",
"Japanese terms with 5 kanji",
"Japanese terms with missing yomi",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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"failure is a stepping stone to success"
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"synonyms": [
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"失敗",
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"成功",
"せいこう"
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[
"母",
"はは"
]
],
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}
],
"word": "失敗は成功の元"
}
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