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jmdict 2834604 Active (id: 2296062)
貧乏人の子沢山貧乏人の子だくさん
びんぼうにんのこだくさん
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ poor households have many children
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2834605 貧乏子沢山【びんぼうこだくさん】 1. poor households have many children



History:
7. A 2024-03-26 12:20:26  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
貧乏人の子だくさん	812		
貧乏人の子沢山	2,063
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>貧乏人の子だくさん</keb>
+<keb>貧乏人の子沢山</keb>
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>貧乏人の子沢山</keb>
+<keb>貧乏人の子だくさん</keb>
6. A 2024-03-26 01:30:28  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Could have both glosses.
5. A* 2024-03-26 01:28:34  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr: 貧乏人は裕福な人よりもかえって子供が多いということ。
gg5: The poorer the household, the more children there are in it.
  Comments:
I don't think "children are a poor man's riches" implies that the poor have many children.
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>children are a poor man's riches</gloss>
+<gloss>poor households have many children</gloss>
4. A 2018-02-09 09:24:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2018-02-09 08:55:24  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr too
  Diff:
@@ -11 +11 @@
-<reb>びんぼうじんのこだくさん</reb>
+<reb>びんぼうにんのこだくさん</reb>
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