坊主 憎 けりゃ袈裟 まで憎 い bōzu nikukerya kesamade nikui
bōzu nikukerya kesamade nikui
i-Adjective
, Expression
1. if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments — literal
Proverb
Word Pronunciation
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- 坊 kanji, 7 strokes boy
- 主 kanji, 5 strokes lord
- 憎 kanji, 14 strokes
- け hiragana, 3 strokes ke
- り hiragana, 2 strokes ri
- ゃ hiragana, 3 strokes
- 袈 kanji, 11 strokes a coarse camlet
- 裟 kanji, 13 strokes Buddhist surplice
- ま hiragana, 3 strokes ma
- で hiragana, 3 strokes de
- 憎 kanji, 14 strokes
- い hiragana, 2 strokes i
Reading
- ぼ hiragana, 6 strokes bo
- う hiragana, 2 strokes u
- ず hiragana, 4 strokes zu
- に hiragana, 3 strokes ni
- く hiragana, 1 strokes ku
- け hiragana, 3 strokes ke
- り hiragana, 2 strokes ri
- ゃ hiragana, 3 strokes
- け hiragana, 3 strokes ke
- さ hiragana, 3 strokes sa
- ま hiragana, 3 strokes ma
- で hiragana, 3 strokes de
- に hiragana, 3 strokes ni
- く hiragana, 1 strokes ku
- い hiragana, 2 strokes i
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