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聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥、聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥 きくはいっときのはじ、きかぬはいっしょうのはじ kikuhaittokinohaji、kikanuhaisshounohaji

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  1. expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) proverb better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

Kanji in this word

hear, ask, listen
one, one, radical
time, hour
shame, dishonor
hear, ask, listen
one, one, radical
life, genuine, birth
shame, dishonor

Example sentences

聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥。
kiku ha ichiji no haji 、 kika nu ha isshou no haji 。
Nothing is lost for asking.

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