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jmdict 2125080 Active (id: 2200719)
<entry>
<ent_seq>2125080</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5m;</pos>
<misc>&proverb;</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>



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