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敵てきに塩しおを送おくる
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, る)
1. to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty
from Uesugi Kenshin sending salt to his enemy, Takeda Shingen, when Takeda's salt supply had been cut off
Alt. forms
敵てきに塩しおを送おくる
95%
敵てきに塩しおを贈おくる
4%
Kanji used
敵
enemy
塩
salt
送
send something
Conjugations...Used in: 158
Composed of
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)