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子で子にならぬほととぎす

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子で子にならぬほととぎすこでこにならぬほととぎす

[kodekoninaranuhototogisu]proverb

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no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child

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Kanji

子child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiacシ、ス、ツ / こ、-こ、ね · 3 strokes弟子子子供女子女の子息子男子電子