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渡る世間に鬼はない渡る世間に鬼は無い
わたるせけんにおにはない
1. [exp,adj-i] [proverb]
▶ all people aren't evil
▶ don't distrust everyone
▶ there is kindness to be found everywhere

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2022-08-01 04:02:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
4. A 2018-01-09 22:46:01  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
3. A 2012-10-02 00:07:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2012-09-26 04:23:20  Marcus
  Refs:
daij nikk 研究社新和英中辞典
146k hits so not obsc
("渡る世間に鬼はなし" gets 15k hits and is in eij)
  Comments:
daijs: "世の中には無情な人ばかりがいるのではなく、困ったときには助けてくれる情け
深い人もいるものだということ。"
daijr: "世の中は無慈悲な人間ばかりではない。"
nikk: "この世の中には無情の人ばかりではなく、慈悲深く人情に厚い人がどこにも必ず
いるということ。"
so obviously not "everyone is nice"
  Diff:
@@ -15,3 +15,3 @@
-<misc>&obsc;</misc>
-<gloss>there are no devils in this world</gloss>
-<gloss>all humans are good at heart (even though they may appear frightening)</gloss>
+<gloss>all people aren't evil</gloss>
+<gloss>don't distrust everyone</gloss>
+<gloss>there is kindness to be found everywhere</gloss>
1. A 2007-03-28 00:00:00 
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