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<entry> <ent_seq>2843963</ent_seq> <k_ele> <keb>性相近し、習い相遠し</keb> </k_ele> <k_ele> <keb>性相近し習い相遠し</keb> <ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> </k_ele> <r_ele> <reb>せいあいちかし、ならいあいとおし</reb> </r_ele> <sense> <pos>&exp;</pos> <misc>&proverb;</misc> <s_inf>from the Analects of Confucius</s_inf> <gloss>by human nature we are close, through practice we grow apart</gloss> <gloss>by nature, near together; by practice far apart</gloss> </sense> </entry>