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<entry> <ent_seq>2799290</ent_seq> <k_ele> <keb>門前の小僧</keb> </k_ele> <r_ele> <reb>もんぜんのこぞう</reb> </r_ele> <sense> <pos>&exp;</pos> <xref>門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む・もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ</xref> <misc>&proverb;</misc> <misc>&abbr;</misc> <gloss>you learn, without realising it, from what is around you</gloss> <gloss g_type="lit">a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)</gloss> </sense> </entry>