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ふぐ
河豚
は
く
食
いたし
いのち
命
は
お
惜
しし。 kotowaza
There is no rose without a thorn.
kotowaza Japanese proverb (kotowaza)
Grammar and points of interest
し archaic adjective form し archaic adjective form
 
河豚は食いたし命は惜しし。
Conjugations and inflections
  食いたし is the archaic し form of the たい form of 'u' godan verb 食う   ALL INFLECTIONS
  惜しし is the archaic し form of 'i' adjective 惜しい   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ふ く 1
Most common form: フグ
noun
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish  (often written with kana only)
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く う 1
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to eat  (male term or language)
2. to live; to make a living; to survive
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い の ち 1
noun
1. life; life force  (see also: 生命; sometimes written as 生命)
2. lifetime; lifespan
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お し い 2
1. regrettable; disappointing
2. precious; dear; valuable
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Kanji
河
カ   かわ river   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
亅
hook
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
豚
トン   ぶた pork, pig   
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⺼
ニク body part   
豕
pig
食
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   くう to eat   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
命
メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
叩
たたく to strike, beat, hit   
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卩
seal
惜
セキ   おしい regrettable, precious, wasteful   おしむ to regret, value; to be frugal   
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昔
セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
龷
キョウ   とも together   
忄
heart
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