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Unclassified Expression, う-verb (る)

九層(きゅうそう)の台(うてな)は累土(るいど)より起(お)こるmany a little makes a mickle, every little helps, the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth

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    1. Expression, う-verb (る)

      1. 1.

        many a little makes a mickle, every little helps, the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth

        Proverb, Rare term, from Tao Te Ching, also as 九層の台も累土より起こる,

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    九層の台は累土より起こる 【きゅうそうのうてなはるいどよりおこる】

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