"海千山千" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟mʲise̞ɰ̃ ja̠ma̠sẽ̞ɴ], [ɯ̟mʲisẽ̞ɴ], [ja̠ma̠sẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 海千山千 [canonical] (ruby: 海(うみ), 千(せん), 山(やま), 千(せん)), umisen yamasen [romanization]
Etymology: Yojijukugo (四字熟語). According to legends, a 蛇 (ja, “snake”) who lived in the 海 (umi, “sea”) for a 千年 (sennen, “thousand years”) and in the 山 (yama, “mountains”) a thousand years could turn into a 竜 (ryū, “dragon”). See also the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Etymology templates: {{ja-glossary|Yojijukugo}} Yojijukugo, {{sortkey|ja}} うみせんやません, {{ja-yoji}} Yojijukugo (四字熟語) Head templates: {{ja-noun|うみせん やません}} 海(うみ)千(せん)山(やま)千(せん) • (umisen yamasen)
  1. craftiness
    Sense id: en-海千山千-ja-noun-ioAFiQYo Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
  2. a crafty person
    Sense id: en-海千山千-ja-noun-SdrXRnPr Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 4 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese yojijukugo, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Thousand Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 93 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 93 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 7 93 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 7 93 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 93 Disambiguation of Japanese yojijukugo: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Thousand: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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