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jmdict 2419720 Active (id: 2296123)
<entry>
<ent_seq>2419720</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは末代の恥</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは末代の恥</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはまつだいのはじ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<xref>聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥</xref>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<gloss>better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>



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