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小人閑居して不善をなす
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 小人閑居して不善をなす.
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Entry
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Proverb
an idle brain is the devil's shop
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
小
little, small
3 strokesFrequency 114JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ショウ
Kun
ちい.さいこ-お-さ-
Nanori
いさらこうさざしゃおちいさ
人
person
2 strokesFrequency 5JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ジンニン
Kun
ひと-り-と
Nanori
じとねひこふみ
閑
leisure
12 strokesFrequency 1,994JLPT N1Grade 8
On
カン
Nanori
がより
居
reside, to be, exist, live with
8 strokesFrequency 836JLPT N2Grade 5
On
キョコ
Kun
い.る-いお.る
Nanori
おきぐすえ
不
negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
4 strokesFrequency 101JLPT N3Grade 4
On
フブ
善
virtuous, good, goodness
12 strokesFrequency 765JLPT N2Grade 6
On
ゼン
Kun
よ.いい.いよ.くよし.とする
Nanori
たるよし
為
do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
9 strokesFrequency 831JLPT N1Grade 8
On
イ
Kun
ためな.るな.すす.るたりつく.るなり
Nanori
びい
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