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ぬすびとにもさんぶのり
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext; even thieves have their reasons
Alt. forms
盗ぬす人びとにも三さん分ぶの理り
ぬすびとにもさんぶのり
Composed of
thief; robber
three; 3
one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos