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人を見て法を説く
ひとをみてほうをとくにんをみてほうをとく
1. [exp,v5k]
▶ to suit one's speech to the audience
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2580740 人を見て法を説け 1. suit your speech to the audience

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2013-10-01 02:52:42  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
reading  にんをみてほうをとく from koj
  Comments:
-i agree, but i don't think it really matters.  some dics have the く form, some dics have the け form.  nikk has both, and that's fine with me.  an x-ref should cover it
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +10,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>にんをみてほうをとく</reb>
+</r_ele>
@@ -12,2 +15,3 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
-<gloss>Suit your speech to the audience</gloss>
+<pos>&v5k;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2580740">人を見て法を説け</xref>
+<gloss>to suit one's speech to the audience</gloss>
5. A* 2013-09-25 06:25:26  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
considering 人を見て法を説け is the more common form, couldn't the 
verb PoS be reinstated and the 説け entry deleted?
4. A 2010-09-13 08:49:51  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Agree.
3. A* 2010-09-13 07:15:52  Paul Blay <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't think this should have the verb PoS.
  Diff:
@@ -12,1 +12,0 @@
-<pos>&v5k;</pos>
2. A 2010-09-13 04:46:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Added additional PoS via batch update.Added additional PoS via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<pos>&v5k;</pos>
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