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知ら(しら)ぬ仏(ほとけ)より馴染(なじ)みの鬼(おに)better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't

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      better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't

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    知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼 【しらぬほとけよりなじみのおに】

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