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jmdict 2418520 Active (id: 2221865)
正直の頭に神宿る
しょうじきのこうべにかみやどる
1. [exp,v5r] [id]
▶ honesty is the best policy
▶ honesty pays
▶ God dwells in an honest heart

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2023-02-14 00:15:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, etc. (this gloss is in 3 JEs.)
  Comments:
神宿る seems to be mostly prenominal (神宿る手, 神宿る清水, etc.) I Can't find any inflected examples.
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<gloss>God dwells in an honest heart</gloss>
2. A* 2023-02-13 23:13:34  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
n-grams don't show any usages of inflected forms, but it's technically v5r
  Comments:
Changing "Honesty" to lower-case
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
@@ -13,2 +14,2 @@
-<gloss>Honesty is the best policy</gloss>
-<gloss>Honesty pays</gloss>
+<gloss>honesty is the best policy</gloss>
+<gloss>honesty pays</gloss>
1. A 2008-11-21 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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