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地震雷火事親父地震雷火事おやじ
じしんかみなりかじおやじ
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers



History:
11. A 2020-06-28 20:40:53  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
10. A* 2020-06-27 23:36:35  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Given that the Japanese is just a list, I think we should stick to that format as closely as possible.
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>earthquakes, thunder, and fires are scary, but one's father is worse</gloss>
+<gloss>things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers</gloss>
9. A 2020-06-27 08:35:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK
8. A* 2020-06-27 00:03:02  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I feel the main point is that fathers are 
scarier than natural disasters. 
"thunder is scarier than earthquakes, 
fires are scarier still, but father is the 
scariest of them all"
7. A* 2020-06-26 07:00:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
中辞典: things to fear: earthquakes and lightning, fires and fathers.
ルミナス: 地震・雷・火事・親父は昔から日本では恐ろしいものの代表とされている Earthquake, thunder, fire and father—these are the four fears of Japanese popular tradition.
Daijr: 恐ろしいものを順にあげた語。
  Comments:
The "順にあげた" is lost a bit. I wonder about "scary things in order: earthquakes, thunder, fires, one's father"
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