他山の石 (たざんのいし) — lesson learned from someone's else mistake, object lesson, food for thought | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

lesson learned from someone's else mistake object lesson food for thought

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

lesson learned from someone's else mistake, object lesson, food for thought...

たざんのいし

他

other, another, the others

亻

( 人 ) radical number 9

也

to be (classical)

なり, か, ヤ

丨

number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)

すす.む, しりぞ.く, コン

乙

the latter, duplicate, strange...

おと-, きのと, オツ

山

やま, サン, セン

石

いし, セキ, シャク

口

くち, コウ, ク

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