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人は人、我は我人は人我は我 [sK]
ひとはひと、われはわれ
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ live and let live
▶ you do you and I'll do me
▶ [lit] people are people; I am myself



History:
6. A 2024-03-26 18:32:14  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Koj has this expression with a comma.
  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>ひとはひとわれはわれ</reb>
+<reb>ひとはひと、われはわれ</reb>
5. A 2020-08-06 21:05:27  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>lit and let live</gloss>
+<gloss>live and let live</gloss>
4. A* 2020-08-06 17:45:56  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
3. A* 2020-08-06 17:45:33  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj: 他人のことをかれこれ言わずに、自らのすべきことをせよ。
daijs: 他人がどうあろうと、また何を言おうと気にせず、自分の信じるところ欲するところに従って物事を行うべきである。
m-w (live and let live): "used to say that a person should live as he or she chooses and let other people do the same"
  Comments:
Isn't "live and let live" the best translation here?
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<gloss>lit and let live</gloss>
@@ -16 +16,0 @@
-<gloss>I don't care what others do</gloss>
2. A 2020-08-05 22:32:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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