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せいじつ
誠実
であって
まず
しい
ふせい
不正
しゅだん
手段
られた
とみ
より
のぞ
ましい

Poverty with honesty is preferable to wealth obtained by unfair means.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
sincere; honest; faithful
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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3
1. poor; needy
2. lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
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0
injustice; unfairness; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity; dishonesty; illegality; fraud
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1
noun
means; way; measure
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1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win  (獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.)
2. to understand; to comprehend
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1
noun
1. riches; wealth; fortune
2. resources
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particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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4
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
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Kanji
セイ   sincere   まこと sincerity, truth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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セイ   ジョウ   な to become   な to perform, to accomplish   
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tasseled spear
wrap
ジツ    fruit; reality   み fruit, nut   みの to bear fruit   
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three men
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サン   み    みっ three   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
roof   
ヒン   ビン   まずしい poor   
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ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
katakana 'ha'; eight
かい shellfish   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
フ   ブ    not   
セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただ to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
ダン    grade, step, stairs   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
lance shaft   
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キ    table   
また again   
トク    profit   え    う to acquire   
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step
an inch at dawn
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スン   inch
タン   ダン    dawn   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
フ   フウ   とみ wealth   と to grow / be wealthy   
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フク    fill   
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デン   た rice field   
ボウ   モウ   のぞ to wish for   
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ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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