Vocabulary
みからでたさび身から出た錆 みからでたさび身から出た錆 みからでたさび身から出た錆

Meaning

paying for one's mistakes getting one's just deserts suffering the consequences (of one's own actions)

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Component Analysis

身から出た錆
paying for one's mistakes, getting one's just deserts, suffering the consequences (of one's own actions)...
みからでたさび
身
somebody, person, one's station in life
み, シン
出
exit, leave, go out...
で.る, -で, シュツ
屮
left hand, old grass radical (no. 45)
ひだりて, テツ, サ
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン
錆
rust, tarnish
さび, くわ.しい, ショウ
金
gold
かね, かな-, キン
青
blue, green
あお, あお-, セイ
龶
月
month, moon
つき, ゲツ, ガツ
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