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塞 翁が馬さいおうがうま

[saiougauma]proverb

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the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate

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塞close; shut; cover; block; obstructソク、サイ / ふさ.ぐ、とりで、み.ちる · 13 strokes閉塞要塞梗塞塞ぐ塞い心筋梗塞城塞塞が
翁venerable old manオウ / おきな · 10 strokes翁翁長不倒翁人間万事塞翁が馬仙翁信天翁村翁白頭翁
馬horseバ / うま、うま-、ま · 10 strokes馬競馬馬場群馬出馬馬力馬車馬券