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瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば光る
るりもはりもてらせばひかる
1. [exp,v5r] [proverb]
▶ cream rises to the top
▶ great talent will stand out anywhere
▶ [lit] lapis lazuli and crystals shine when lit up

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2022-08-01 04:18:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
2. A 2020-05-16 12:18:23  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2020-05-14 14:47:35  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
瑠璃も玻璃も	955
daijs and daijr both have this version, daijr an nikk also have ...照らせば分かる 
https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば�%8
9%E3%82%8B

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/かるた#古典的ないろはかる

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