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一 寸 先は闇いっすんさきはやみ

[issunsakihayami]proverb

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English definition

no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness

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Kanji

一one; one radical (no.1)イチ、イツ / ひと-、ひと.つ · 1 strokes一一緒一番一つ一般一部一方一敗
寸measurement; tenth of a shaku; a little; smallスン · 3 strokes寸前寸法寸寸断寸暇寸劇採寸原寸
先before; ahead; previous; future; precedenceセン / さき、ま.ず · 6 strokes先生優先先輩先日先行先週先月先進
闇get dark; gloom; disorderアン、オン / やみ、くら.い · 17 strokes闇暗闇闇夜闇市無闇闇雲夕闇常闇

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