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三遍回って煙草にしょ三べん回って煙草にしょ三べん回ってたばこにしょ [sK]
さんべんまわってタバコにしょ
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ measure twice and cut once
▶ don't slack off until the job's done properly
▶ [lit] go around three times before you take a smoke



History:
7. A 2023-02-14 23:19:40  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
回って煙草にしょ	601
回ってたばこにしょ	0
  Comments:
That said, with 三べん more common than 三遍 it would be good to keep one of those visible. Happy to see the GG5 version hidden.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
6. A* 2023-02-14 23:08:45  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
removing a stray period
  Diff:
@@ -11 +11 @@
-<keb>三べん回ってたばこにしょ.</keb>
+<keb>三べん回ってたばこにしょ</keb>
5. A* 2023-02-14 23:07:50  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
{3編,三遍,三べん,さんべん}{回って,廻って,まわって}{煙草,タバコ,たばこ}にしょ
4 x 3 x 3 = 36 different forms we could have

My two cents: I think it makes sense to liberally apply [sK] tags in long expressions like this. 
It takes time and energy for readers to spot the differences between these forms and decide if the information is important.
4. A 2023-02-14 22:44:23  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: 三べん回ってたばこにしょ. Let's make sure the job's done properly before we take a break. | Don't slack off until the job's done properly.
  Comments:
I don't think the case for [sK] is that strong.
  Diff:
@@ -9 +9,3 @@
-<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>三べん回ってたばこにしょ.</keb>
@@ -17,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>don't slack off until the job's done properly</gloss>
3. A* 2023-02-14 20:30:11  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
The 三べん form is in sankoku

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬─────┬───────╮
│ 三べん回って   │ 694 │ 77.9% │
│ 三遍回って    │ 197 │ 22.1% │
│ さんべんまわって │   0 │  0.0% │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴─────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>三べん回って煙草にしょ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
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