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jmdict 1366970 Active (id: 1964870)
人間万事塞翁が馬
【 にんげんばんじさいおうがうま； じんかんばんじさいおうがうま 】
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ inscrutable are the ways of heaven
▶ fortune is unpredictable and changeable
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2831309 塞翁が馬【さいおうがうま】 1. the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate



History:
3. A 2017-12-02 07:10:04  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
2. A 2013-07-10 02:28:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2013-07-10 02:00:31  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daijr/s, Luminous (にんげん)
http://kotowaza-allguide.com/ni/saiougauma.html (にんげん or じんかん)
http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q139638063 (mostly じんかん, but one says にんげん)
  Diff: 
@@ -7,0 +7,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>にんげんばんじさいおうがうま</reb>
+</r_ele>

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