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Learn wisdom by faults of others.
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hitonofurimitewagafurinaose
expression
  1. one man's fault is another's lesson
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hito
noun
  1. man; person
  2. human being; mankind; people
  3. human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species
  4. character; personality
  5. man of talent; true man
  6. another person; other people; others
  7. adult
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no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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furi
noun, counter
  1. swing; shake; wave; swinging
noun
  1. appearance; behaviour
  2. pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) (oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form)
noun, no adjective
  1. going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
noun
  1. move (dance); postures
  2. lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up (oft. as フリ)
  3. unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment
suffix, counter
  1. counter for swords, blades, etc.
noun
  1. not wearing underwear or pants
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miru

te-form

mite
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
  2. to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
  3. to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
  4. to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to see (that) ...; to find (that) ... (as 〜てみると, 〜てみたら, 〜てみれば, etc.)
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waga
pre-noun adjectival
  1. my; our; one's own
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furi
noun, counter
  1. swing; shake; wave; swinging
noun
  1. appearance; behaviour
  2. pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) (oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form)
noun, no adjective
  1. going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
noun
  1. move (dance); postures
  2. lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up (oft. as フリ)
  3. unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment
suffix, counter
  1. counter for swords, blades, etc.
noun
  1. not wearing underwear or pants
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naosu

Imperative Plain Present Indicative Form

naose
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to cure; to heal (usu. 治す)
  2. to fix; to correct; to repair (usu. 直す)
auxiliary verb
  1. to do over again (after -masu base of verb; usu. 直す)
  2. to replace; to put back as it was (usu. 直す)
  3. to convert (into a different state); to transform (usu. 直す)
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tazannoishi
noun
  1. lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)
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