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{
"roman": "zen ni shitagau koto nagaruru ga gotoshi",
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"善",
"ぜん"
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"従",
"したが"
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"流",
"なが"
],
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"如",
"ごと"
]
],
"word": "善に従うこと流るるが如し"
},
{
"roman": "zen ni tsuyoi mono wa aku ni mo tsuyoi",
"ruby": [
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"善",
"ぜん"
],
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"強",
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"者",
"もの"
],
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"悪",
"あく"
],
[
"強",
"つよ"
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],
"word": "善に強い者は悪にも強い"
},
{
"roman": "zen no ura wa aku",
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"善",
"ぜん"
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[
"裏",
"うら"
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"悪",
"あく"
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"word": "善の裏は悪"
},
{
"roman": "zen no tsuna",
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"善",
"ぜん"
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[
"綱",
"つな"
]
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},
{
"roman": "zen wa isoge",
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"善",
"ぜん"
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"急",
"いそ"
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],
"word": "善は急げ"
},
{
"roman": "zen o semuru wa hōyū no michi nari",
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"善",
"ぜん"
],
[
"責",
"せ"
],
[
"朋友",
"ほうゆう"
],
[
"道",
"みち"
]
],
"word": "善を責むるは朋友の道なり"
}
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{
"english": "No matter how much good one tries to do outside, evil thoughts will always come lurking from behind it.",
"ref": "1946, 三木清, 親鸞, 青空文庫",
"roman": "Soto ni oite dore hodo zen o okonaō to shite mo, akushin wa taezu ura kara hisonde kuru.",
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"外",
"そと"
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"善",
"ぜん"
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"行",
"おこ"
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"悪心",
"あくしん"
],
[
"絶",
"た"
],
[
"裏",
"うら"
],
[
"潜",
"ひそ"
]
],
"text": "外においてどれほど善を行なおうとしても、悪心は絶えず裏から潜んでくる。"
}
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"good, good deed"
],
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"good"
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"deed"
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"ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞ɴ]"
}
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"Japanese single-kanji terms",
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"Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
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"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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],
"word": "善に従うこと流るるが如し"
},
{
"roman": "zen ni tsuyoi mono wa aku ni mo tsuyoi",
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"善",
"ぜん"
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"強",
"つよ"
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"者",
"もの"
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"悪",
"あく"
],
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"強",
"つよ"
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],
"word": "善に強い者は悪にも強い"
},
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"roman": "zen no ura wa aku",
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"善",
"ぜん"
],
[
"裏",
"うら"
],
[
"悪",
"あく"
]
],
"word": "善の裏は悪"
},
{
"roman": "zen no tsuna",
"ruby": [
[
"善",
"ぜん"
],
[
"綱",
"つな"
]
],
"word": "善の綱"
},
{
"roman": "zen wa isoge",
"ruby": [
[
"善",
"ぜん"
],
[
"急",
"いそ"
]
],
"word": "善は急げ"
},
{
"roman": "zen o semuru wa hōyū no michi nari",
"ruby": [
[
"善",
"ぜん"
],
[
"責",
"せ"
],
[
"朋友",
"ほうゆう"
],
[
"道",
"みち"
]
],
"word": "善を責むるは朋友の道なり"
}
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"english": "No matter how much good one tries to do outside, evil thoughts will always come lurking from behind it.",
"ref": "1946, 三木清, 親鸞, 青空文庫",
"roman": "Soto ni oite dore hodo zen o okonaō to shite mo, akushin wa taezu ura kara hisonde kuru.",
"ruby": [
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"外",
"そと"
],
[
"善",
"ぜん"
],
[
"行",
"おこ"
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[
"悪心",
"あくしん"
],
[
"絶",
"た"
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[
"裏",
"うら"
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[
"潜",
"ひそ"
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}
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"good, good deed"
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"good",
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"deed",
"deed"
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},
{
"ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞ɴ]"
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],
"word": "善"
}
{
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"path": [
"善"
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