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疑心暗鬼 [news2,nf28]
ぎしんあんき [news2,nf28]
1. [exp] [abbr,yoji]
▶ suspicion will raise bogies
▶ once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious
▶ jumping at shadows
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2709860 疑心暗鬼を生ず 1. suspicion begets monsters



History:
6. A 2018-10-07 10:01:46  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -19,3 +19,3 @@
-<gloss>Suspicion will raise bogies</gloss>
-<gloss>Once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious</gloss>
-<gloss>Jumping at shadows</gloss>
+<gloss>suspicion will raise bogies</gloss>
+<gloss>once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious</gloss>
+<gloss>jumping at shadows</gloss>
5. A 2014-08-25 01:25:33  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Kanji Haitani list
  Comments:
Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>
4. A 2012-05-07 06:25:53  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2012-05-07 02:13:36  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, daij
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +16,2 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2709860">疑心暗鬼を生ず</xref>
+<misc>&abbr;</misc>
2. A* 2012-05-07 00:35:17  Paul Barnier <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ALC entry for same
Sanseido kokugo entry for same
  Comments:
These references among others seem to indicate that the expression is 
also used for groundless fears as well as groundless doubts.
  Diff:
@@ -18,0 +18,1 @@
+<gloss>Jumping at shadows</gloss>
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