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灯台下暗し、灯台もと暗し とうだいもとくらし toudaimotokurashi

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  1. expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) proverb it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London

Kanji in this word

lamp, a, light
pedestal, a, stand
below, down, descend
darkness, disappear, shade

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