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わる
ことかさなるものなんだ kotowaza
Bad things come in threes (literally: bad things are things that pile up).
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
1. bad; poor; inferior
2. evil; sinful
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: 重なる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be piled up; to lie on top of one another
2. to come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate
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3 2 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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auxiliary
1. it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...  (see also: のだ)
2. did not ...  (after the -nai stem of a verb; regional dialect: Kansai-ben; this meaning is restricted to reading なんだ)
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Kanji
アク   オ   わる bad   
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シン   こころ heart   
ア    Asia; rank next   
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west
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