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しょうじんかんきょ
小人閑居
して
ふぜん
不善
をなす。 kotowaza
An idle brain is the devil's workshop (literally: a small-minded person causes evil).
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
expression, 'suru' verb
a small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil)  (yojijukugo)
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ふ ぜ ん 0
noun
evil; sin; vice; mischief
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な す 1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to build up; to establish  (esp. 成す; often written with kana only)
2. to form; to become (a state)  (esp. 成す; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
閑
カン    leisure   
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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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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
門
モン   かど gate   
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居
キョ   いる to exist, to be present   
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古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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尸
corpse
不
フ   ブ    not   
善
ゼン   virtuous   よい virtous, good   
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羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
䒑
grass   
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