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どくやくへんくすり 毒薬変じて薬となる
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' ending
1. what is bad for you might end up good; poison changes into medicine​Proverb
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Kanji — 2 found

10.315873650539785
8 strokes. JLPT N2. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5.
毒
poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
On: ドク
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4.593071862164225
16 strokes. JLPT N3. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3.
薬
medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
Kun: くすり
On: ヤク
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Sentences — 1 found

  • jreibun/9847/3
    • けんりょく権力
    • の
    • ざ座
    • に
    • つ就く
    • ために
    • どくやく毒薬
    • を
    • も盛って
    • せいてき政敵
    • を
    • あんさつ暗殺
    • するなどということも、ルネサンス期のヨーロッパにおいては
    • めずら珍しく
    • なかったという。
    In Renaissance Europe, it was not uncommon even to assassinate political opponents by poisoning them in order to gain a position of power. — Jreibun
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