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jmdict 2832631 Active (id: 2296135)
<entry>
<ent_seq>2832631</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>井蛙は以って海を語る可からず</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<xref>井の中の蛙、大海を知らず</xref>
<xref>井蛙</xref>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<gloss>a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>



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