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しんたいはっぷ
身体髪膚
これ
ふぼ
父母
あえて
きしょう
毀傷
せざるは
こう
はじ
なり
Because your body, hair, and skin are what you received from your parents, you start being a good child by not damaging your own body at all.
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Words
1
noun
entire human body; every inch of one's body  (yojijukugo)
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Most common form: これ
pronoun
1. this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)  (see also: 何れ, 其れ, ; often written with kana only)
2. this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)  (humble)
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2
noun
father and mother; parents
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Most common form: 承く
Nidan verb (lower class) with `ku' ending (archaic), transitive verb
to receive; to get; to be given  (see also: 受ける; archaic)
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1
1. purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); deliberately; intentionally  (often written with kana only)
2. not necessarily; not particularly; not especially  (used with neg. verb; often written with kana only)
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0
injury; damage
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1
noun
filial piety  (see also: 孝行)
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0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. beginning; start; outset; opening
noun
2. first (in line, etc.)  (esp. 初め)
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particle
1. or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options)
2. ... or ...  (usu. in the form ...なり...なり)
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Kanji
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シン   み body, person   
タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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ハツ   かみ hair (of the head)   
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skin   
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シン   こ    の of   
フ   ちち father   
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ボ   はは mother   
ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)    
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キ   destroy
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ショウ   きず wound   いた to go bad, be damaged   いためる to injure   
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コウ    filial piety   
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シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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