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We found 1 word, 6 kanji, and 2 examples matching '蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘る。'
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expression
to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell  (idiomatic expression)
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かに crab   
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カイ   ゲ   と to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve   
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カク   corner; horn   かど corner   つの horn   
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corner
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
トウ   かたな sword   
ギュウ   うし cow   
チュウ   むし insect   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
コウ   カン    #1, first; armor   
ラ    gauze   
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net
イ    fiber, rope   
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little bird
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シ   いと thread   
ジ   similar   に to be similar to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
イ    (prefix) or   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
クツ   ほ to dig   
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hand
クツ    yield   
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corpse
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
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かに
こうら
甲羅
せて
あな
っていうけど
けっきょく
結局
かれ
ような
にんげん
人間
ではブログ
とうさく
盗作
せき
やま
だよねそれ
いじょう
以上
むり
無理
だったんだ
They say that a crab digs a hole the same size as its shell. For a man like him, plagiarizing someone's blog was the best he could do, right? He couldn't have done any better.
かに
こうら
甲羅
せて
あな

A crab digs a hole the same size as its shell.
 
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