門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む — Semantide dictionary

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門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む

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Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'mu' ending
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
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前in front, before9 strokes · Jōyō 経sutra, longitude11 strokes · Jōyō 小little, small3 strokes · Jōyō 門gate, counter for cannons8 strokes · Jōyō 読read14 strokes · Jōyō 習learn11 strokes · Jōyō

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門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む。

A saint's maid quotes Latin.

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