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jmdict 1471580 Active (id: 2174083)
馬の耳に念仏
うまのみみにねんぶつ
1. [exp] [id]
▶ preaching to the deaf
▶ [lit] chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1469470 念仏 1. nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha
  ⇐ see: 2834646 馬の耳に風【うまのみみにかぜ】 1. preaching to the deaf; wind (blowing) into a horse's ear



History:
8. A 2022-01-15 01:55:31  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2022-01-08 13:23:58  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear</gloss>
6. A 2018-02-13 10:18:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2018-02-11 20:55:47  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -14,3 +14,2 @@
-<misc>&proverb;</misc>
-<gloss>not heeding what others say</gloss>
-<gloss>in one ear and out the other</gloss>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>preaching to the deaf</gloss>
4. A 2014-12-09 04:47:07  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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