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聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥 [sK]
きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはいっしょうのはじ
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2419720 聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは末代の恥【きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはまつだいのはじ】 1. better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know



History:
4. A 2024-03-26 19:29:33  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
https://github.com/JMdictProject/JMdictIssues/issues/122
Adding commas to readings to align with kanji forms.
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11 +12 @@
-<reb>きくはいっときのはじきかぬはいっしょうのはじ</reb>
+<reb>きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはいっしょうのはじ</reb>
3. A 2021-11-29 11:32:03  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥</keb>
+</k_ele>
2. A 2018-09-08 16:27:16  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Seems way more common than our current "...聞かぬは末代の恥" based on a twitter search for "聞かぬは" (I scrolled past maybe 30 
results or so; all 一生の恥)
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
1. A* 2018-09-08 02:04:31  huixing
  Refs:
http://kotowaza-allguide.com/ki/kikanuwaissyounohaji.html
https://proverb-encyclopedia.com/kikuhaitokinohazi/

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