"切磋琢磨" meaning in 日本語

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Phrase

Forms: せっさたくま
  1. 学問などによって自分を磨いて、完成させること。また、同じ志を持つ人が互いに学問などを磨き合うこと。
    Sense id: ja-切磋琢磨-ja-phrase-Y-t0eDl7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "name": "日本語",
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      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 成句",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "由来 詩経",
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    "『詩経・衛風・淇奧』の句、衛の武王をたたえた「如切如磋如琢如磨」より、切・磋・琢・磨は各々装飾品であった骨、象牙、玉、石を磨くことを意味する。"
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              38,
              42
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          ],
          "ref": "(中島敦『山月記』)",
          "text": "己は詩によつて名を成さうと思ひながら、進んで師に就いたり、求めて詩友と交つて切磋琢磨に努めたりすることをしなかつた。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "学問などによって自分を磨いて、完成させること。また、同じ志を持つ人が互いに学問などを磨き合うこと。"
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    "由来 詩経"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "『詩経・衛風・淇奧』の句、衛の武王をたたえた「如切如磋如琢如磨」より、切・磋・琢・磨は各々装飾品であった骨、象牙、玉、石を磨くことを意味する。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "せっさたくま"
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  ],
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              38,
              42
            ]
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "学問などによって自分を磨いて、完成させること。また、同じ志を持つ人が互いに学問などを磨き合うこと。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "切磋琢磨"
}

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