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<k_ele>
<keb>九層の台は累土より起こる</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>きゅうそうのうてなはるいどよりおこる</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5r;</pos>
<xref>塵も積もれば山となる</xref>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<misc>&rare;</misc>
<s_inf>from Tao Te Ching, also as 九層の台も累土より起こる</s_inf>
<gloss>many a little makes a mickle</gloss>
<gloss>every little helps</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>