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憎まれっ子世にはばかる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 憎まれっ子世にはばかる.

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Entry

憎まれっ子世にはばかる憎まれっ子世に憚るにくまれっこよにはばかるExpressionGodan verbFreq #169924
1

Proverb

ill weeds grow apace

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

hate, detest

14 strokesFrequency 1,808JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ゾウ

Kun

にく.むにく.いにく.らしいにく.しみ

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

3 strokesFrequency 72JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

-こ

Nanori

ねっ

generation, world, society, public

5 strokesFrequency 135JLPT N3Grade 3

On

セイソウ

Kun

Nanori

としゆき

hesitate, shrink, awe

15 strokes

On

タン

Kun

はばか.る

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