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We found 1 word, 6 kanji, and 1 example matching '九層の台は累土より起こる'
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth  (see also: 塵も積もれば山となる; from Tao Te Ching, also as 九層の台も累土より起こる; proverb; rare)
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
ソウ    level, layer   
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ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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eight
デン   た rice field   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
corpse
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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ム   private
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ルイ    accumulate   
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シ   いと thread   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
キ   おきる to wake up, to get up   おこる to happen   おこす to rouse   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
ソウ   はし run   
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きゅう
そう
うてな
るいど
累土
より
こる
kotowaza fragment, headline etc.
A tower of nine stories (always) starts with a (small) heap of earth
 
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