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Sentence #176040

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 JimBreen JimBreen March 23, 2010 March 23, 2010 at 12:00:24 AM UTC link Permalink

Kakasi renders 鶏口 as "niwatori kuchi". It's actually けいこう/keikou.

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鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ。

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