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jmdict 2843963 Active (id: 2296112)
<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>



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