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お
負
うた
こ
子
に
おし
教
えられて
あさせ
浅瀬
を
わた
渡
る。 kotowaza
A fool may give a wise man counsel (literally: a child on your back may guide you across a ford).
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kotowaza Japanese proverb (kotowaza)
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る。
POI
教える（おしえる） 教える（おしえる）
 
teach, tell, show
負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る。
OVERVIEW
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る。
Conjugations and inflections
  渡る is the plain form of 'ru' godan verb 渡る   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
お う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to bear; to carry on one's back  (see also: 背負う)
2. to take responsibility for; to accept a duty
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: 仔)
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お し え る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to teach; to instruct
2. to tell; to inform
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あ さ せ 0
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
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わ た る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to cross over; to go across  (usu. 渡る or 渉る)
2. to extend; to cover; to range; to span  (see also: にわたって; usu. 亘る or 亙る)
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Kanji
負
フ   まかす to defeat   まける to be defeated   おう to carry (on one's back)   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
⺈
corner
子
シ   ス   こ child   
教
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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孝
コウ    filial piety   
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耂
old
攵
ぼく strike   
浅
セン   あさい shallow, superficial   
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㦮
three spears
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戈
tasseled spear
三
サン   み    みっつ three   
氵
スイ   みず water   
瀬
せ rapids, currents   
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頼
ライ   たよる to rely (on)   たのもしい reliable   たのむ to ask(for), entrust   
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頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
束
ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
渡
ト   わたる to cross   わたす to hand over   
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度
ド   ト   タク   degree   たび occasion, time   
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广
stony cliff
廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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又
また again   
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