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渇かっしても盗泉とうせんの水みずを飲のまず

ka' shitemo tōsenno mizuo nomazu

1. better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are

Expression

飲のむ

nomu

1. to drink; to swallow

2. to smoke (tobacco)

+ 5 additional meanings

★ Common

Verb

#2044

自みずから

mizukara

1. oneself

2. oneself; for oneself

★ Common

Noun

#5693

水みず

mizu

1. water (esp. cool or cold)

2. fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid

+ 3 additional meanings

★ Common

Noun

#9828

水気みずけ

mizuke

1. water content; moisture

2. water vapor (vapour); steam

3. dropsy; edema

★ Common

Noun

#10091

瑞々みずみずしい

mizumizushii

1. fresh and youthful; lively

★ Common

Adjective

#16250

地下ちか水すい

chikasui

1. groundwater; underground water

★ Common

Noun

#20335

雨水あまみず

amamizu

1. rain water

2. "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)

★ Common

Noun

#20446

水道すいどう水すい

sui dōsui

1. tap water

★ Common

Noun

#21180

水割みずわり

mizuwari

1. cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage

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Noun

#29249

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