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こうげんれいしょく
巧言令色
すく
少
なし
じん
仁
。
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
こ う げ ん れ い し ょ く 0 こ う げ ん れ い し ょ く 0-0 こ う げ ん れ い し ょ く 3-0
noun
flattery; honeyed words  (yojijukugo)
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す く な い 3
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
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に ん 1
Most common form: じん
noun
1. benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; compassion; humanity; charity  (this meaning is restricted to reading じん)
2. human  (this meaning is restricted to reading じん)
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Kanji
巧
コウ   たくみ skill, adroitness   
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丂
reach
工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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令
レイ    order   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
卩
seal
色
ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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巴
ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
⺈
corner
少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
仁
ジン   ニン   ニ    humanity   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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