"知らぬが仏" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

Forms: 知らぬが仏 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ほとけ)), shiranu ga hotoke [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|しらぬ が ほとけ}} 知(し)らぬが仏(ほとけ) • (shiranu ga hotoke)
  1. ignorance is bliss Tags: idiomatic Related terms: 無知は至福である (muchi wa shifuku dearu) (ruby: 無知(むち), 至福(しふく)), 人生字を識るは憂患の始め (jinsei ji o shiru wa yūkan no hajime) (ruby: 人生字(じんせいじ), (), 憂患(ゆうかん), (はじ))
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    {
      "form": "知らぬが仏",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "知",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "仏",
          "ほとけ"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiranu ga hotoke",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "idiom",
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      },
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      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
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        {
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ignorance is bliss"
      ],
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        [
          "ignorance is bliss",
          "ignorance is bliss"
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      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "muchi wa shifuku dearu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "無知",
              "むち"
            ],
            [
              "至福",
              "しふく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "無知は至福である"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jinsei ji o shiru wa yūkan no hajime",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人生字",
              "じんせいじ"
            ],
            [
              "識",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "憂患",
              "ゆうかん"
            ],
            [
              "始",
              "はじ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "人生字を識るは憂患の始め"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "知らぬが仏"
}
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    {
      "form": "知らぬが仏",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "知",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "仏",
          "ほとけ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiranu ga hotoke",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idiom",
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      },
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      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "muchi wa shifuku dearu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無知",
          "むち"
        ],
        [
          "至福",
          "しふく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無知は至福である"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jinsei ji o shiru wa yūkan no hajime",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "人生字",
          "じんせいじ"
        ],
        [
          "識",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "憂患",
          "ゆうかん"
        ],
        [
          "始",
          "はじ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "人生字を識るは憂患の始め"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese proverbs",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ignorance is bliss"
      ],
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        [
          "ignorance is bliss",
          "ignorance is bliss"
        ]
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "知らぬが仏"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 知らぬが仏 meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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