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jmdict 2850657 Active (id: 2148516)
九仞
きゅうじん
1. [n]
▶ great height
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2081930 九仞の功を一簣に虧く 1. to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle



History:
3. A 2021-10-02 02:31:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I struggled with the gloss too. I think it's OK. I'll change the sequence number.
  Diff:
@@ -3 +2,0 @@
-<ent_seq>1243900</ent_seq>
2. A* 2021-10-01 11:51:46  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, meikyo, shinmeikai
  Comments:
We could trim it back to 九仞 (which is an entry in all the kokugos). Not sure how to gloss it, though.
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>九仞の功</keb>
+<keb>九仞</keb>
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<reb>きゅうじんのこう</reb>
+<reb>きゅうじん</reb>
@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>spectacular success</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2081930">九仞の功を一簣に虧く</xref>
+<gloss>great height</gloss>
1. D* 2021-09-30 11:20:11  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
九仞の功	459
九仞の功を一簣に虧く is in the kojkugos butthat's 
already an entry
  Comments:
a+b

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