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jmdict 2790320 Active (id: 1967272)

子で子にならぬほととぎす;子で子にならぬ時鳥 [こでこにならぬほととぎす] /(exp) (proverb) (rare) no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child/EntL2790320/




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