魂百 たましいひゃくまで
mitsugono tamashiihyakumade

Expression

1. a leopard cannot change its spots; the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100 — literal

Proverb
みっ たましい ひゃくまでとは本当 ほんとによく ったものだ。
mitsugono tamashiihyakumadetowa hontōni yokuitta monoda.
'The child is father to the man' is certainly well said.
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