"弘法筆を選ばず" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "Phrase consisting of 弘法 (Kōbō), the first part of the posthumous name of Kūkai, an important Buddhist monk and one of three famous Heian period calligraphers + 筆 (fude, “writing brush; writing with a brush”) + を (o, accusative case particle) + 選ばず (erabazu, the negative continuative of verb 選ぶ erabu, “to choose”). Literally “Kōbō Daishi never chooses his calligraphy brush”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "弘法筆を選ばず",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "弘",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "法",
          "ぼう"
        ],
        [
          "筆",
          "ふで"
        ],
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kōbō fude o erabazu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "こうぼう ふで を えらばず",
        "head": "弘法筆を選ばず"
      },
      "expansion": "弘(こう)法(ぼう)筆(ふで)を選(えら)ばず • (kōbō fude o erabazu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
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        {
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese proverbs",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A good workman never blames his tools."
      ],
      "id": "en-弘法筆を選ばず-ja-proverb-YeVRvCgO",
      "links": [
        [
          "A good workman never blames his tools",
          "a bad workman always blames his tools"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "kōbō ni mo fude no ayamari",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "弘法",
              "こうぼう"
            ],
            [
              "筆",
              "ふで"
            ],
            [
              "誤",
              "あやま"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "弘法にも筆の誤り"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Heian period",
        "Kūkai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ːbo̞ː ɸɯ̟de̞ o̞ e̞ɾa̠ba̠zɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "弘法筆を選ばず"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Phrase consisting of 弘法 (Kōbō), the first part of the posthumous name of Kūkai, an important Buddhist monk and one of three famous Heian period calligraphers + 筆 (fude, “writing brush; writing with a brush”) + を (o, accusative case particle) + 選ばず (erabazu, the negative continuative of verb 選ぶ erabu, “to choose”). Literally “Kōbō Daishi never chooses his calligraphy brush”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "弘法筆を選ばず",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "弘",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "法",
          "ぼう"
        ],
        [
          "筆",
          "ふで"
        ],
        [
          "選",
          "えら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kōbō fude o erabazu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "こうぼう ふで を えらばず",
        "head": "弘法筆を選ばず"
      },
      "expansion": "弘(こう)法(ぼう)筆(ふで)を選(えら)ばず • (kōbō fude o erabazu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kōbō ni mo fude no ayamari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "弘法",
          "こうぼう"
        ],
        [
          "筆",
          "ふで"
        ],
        [
          "誤",
          "あやま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "弘法にも筆の誤り"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese proverbs",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with を",
        "Japanese terms with 4 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": [
        "A good workman never blames his tools."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "A good workman never blames his tools",
          "a bad workman always blames his tools"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Heian period",
        "Kūkai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ːbo̞ː ɸɯ̟de̞ o̞ e̞ɾa̠ba̠zɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "弘法筆を選ばず"
}

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