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When the bones are bad
…the rest is needed 骨折り損の草臥れ儲け (Honeori zon no kutabire mouke; “Bone-breaking loss and a profit of weariness”) Definition: Working hard without any reward. Bone-breaking labor with no fruits but exhaustion. A wasted effort or thankless task. Breakdown: It turns out … Continue reading
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Tagged くたびれ, Classic of Poetry, exhaustion, 詩経, 骨折り, 诗经, Iroha karuta, Maren Morris, waste
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