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Pronunciation
柳( やなぎ ) の 下( した ) の 泥鰌( どじょう ) 。 [ Proverb ( P R AA1 V ER0 B )
柳 (りゅう) (n) (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) [EDICT] (やなぎ(P);ようりゅう(楊柳)) (n) (1) willow (any tree of genus Salix); (2) (やなぎ only) (See 枝垂れ柳) weeping willow (Salix babylonica); (P) [EDICT] (liǔ, ㄌㄧㄡˇ ) willow; surname Liu [CE-DICT] の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] 下 (か) (suf) under (being in said condition or environment) [EDICT] (げ) (n) (1) lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; (2) second volume (of two); third volume (of three) [EDICT] (した) (n) (1) below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); (2) bottom; (3) beneath; underneath; (4) (as 下から, 下より, etc.) just after; right after; (n,adj-no) (5) inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); (n) (6) (See 下取り) trade-in; (n-pref) (7) (See 下準備) preliminary; preparatory; (P) [EDICT] (しも) (n) (1) (ant [EDICT] (もと) (adv) (sometimes written 元) under (esp. influence or guidance); (P) [EDICT] (xià, ㄒㄧㄚˋ ) down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down [CE-DICT] 泥鰌 (どじょう;ドジョウ) (n) (1) (uk) loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); (2) weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) [EDICT] Proverb ภาษิต: สุภาษิต, คำพังเพย [Lex2] คนหรือสิ่งที่เป็นตัวแทนของลักษณะบางอย่าง[Lex2] (พรอฟ'เวิร์บ) n. สุภาษิต,คติพจน์,ถ้อยคำที่มีการกล่าวถึงเสมอ,คำพังเพย,บุคคลหรือสิ่งกล่าวถึงบ่อย ๆ จนขึ้นชื่อ ###S. aphorism,apothegm [Hope] (n) สุภาษิต,ภาษิต,คติพจน์,คำพังเพย [Nontri] /P R AA1 V ER0 B/ [CMU] (n (count)) /pr'ɒvɜːʳb/ [OALD]
