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<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>