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門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む
もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ
1. [exp,v5m] [proverb]
▶ you learn, without realising it, from what is around you
▶ [lit] a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2799290 門前の小僧【もんぜんのこぞう】 1. you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)

Conjugations


History:
9. A 2022-08-01 04:18:14  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v5m;</pos>
8. A 2018-02-15 10:57:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2018-02-07 17:48:22  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
chujiten: "A shop‐boy near a temple will recite the 
scriptures untaught."
kotowaza allguide: "寺の門前に住んでいる子供や、いつも僧のそ
ばにいる子供は、日頃から僧の読経を聞いているから、いつのまにか
般若心経くらいは読めるようになるということから。"
chujiten 小僧 entry:
1
〈寺の〉	a young Buddhist monk; a young bonze.
2
〈年期奉公人〉	an apprentice (boy)
小僧に行く
be apprenticed 《to a dry goods merchant》.
3
〈子供〉	a boy; a kid; a brat.
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">a young monk outside the gate can read sutras he has never studied</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught</gloss>
6. A 2017-12-08 08:28:39  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
5. A 2010-11-09 00:40:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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