"塞翁が馬" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "From a tale in the Huainanzi (see Chinese 塞翁失馬，焉知非福 /塞翁失马，焉知非福 (sàiwēng shī mǎ, yānzhī fēi fú) for more). Also compare Korean 새옹지마 (sae'ongjima), from the same Chinese proverb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "塞翁が馬",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "塞",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "翁",
          "おう"
        ],
        [
          "馬",
          "うま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiō ga uma",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "さいおう が うま"
      },
      "expansion": "塞(さい)翁(おう)が馬(うま) • (saiō ga uma)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "life goes through ups and downs and is unpredictable"
      ],
      "id": "en-塞翁が馬-ja-proverb-gyQQMRp0",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "through",
          "through"
        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up"
        ],
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ],
        [
          "unpredictable",
          "unpredictable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠io̞ːɡa̠ɯ̟ma̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "塞翁が馬"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From a tale in the Huainanzi (see Chinese 塞翁失馬，焉知非福 /塞翁失马，焉知非福 (sàiwēng shī mǎ, yānzhī fēi fú) for more). Also compare Korean 새옹지마 (sae'ongjima), from the same Chinese proverb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "塞翁が馬",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "塞",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "翁",
          "おう"
        ],
        [
          "馬",
          "うま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saiō ga uma",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "さいおう が うま"
      },
      "expansion": "塞(さい)翁(おう)が馬(うま) • (saiō ga uma)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
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    {
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        "Japanese lemmas",
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        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "life goes through ups and downs and is unpredictable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "through",
          "through"
        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up"
        ],
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ],
        [
          "unpredictable",
          "unpredictable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠io̞ːɡa̠ɯ̟ma̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "塞翁が馬"
}