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We found 1 word, 6 partial word matches, 5 kanji, and 1 example matching '安物買いの銭失い'
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expression
you get what you pay for; penny wise and pound foolish
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Partial word match search: 6 matches
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prefix, suffix
1. cheap
prefix
2. rash; thoughtless; careless; indiscreet; frivolous  (see also: 安請け合い)
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や す も の 0
cheap article; poor quality article
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も の 3 も の 2 も の 0
Most common form: もの
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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せ ん 1
noun
1. hundredth of a yen
2. coin made of non-precious materials  (see also: 銭)
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Kanji search: 5 matches
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安
アン   やすい peaceful; cheap   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
宀
roof   
物
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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勿
モチ   not
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豕
pig
牜
ギュウ   うし cow   
買
バイ   かう to buy   
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罒
net
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
銭
セン   ぜに money, coins   
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金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丷
eight
王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
㦮
three spears
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戈
tasseled spear
三
サン   み    みっつ three   
失
シツ   うしなう to lose   
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矢
シ   や arrow   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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やすものが
安物買
い
の
ぜに
銭
うしな
失
い
。 kotowaza
Penny wise and pound foolish (literally: to buy cheap goods is to lose your money).
 
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