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カニハコウラニニセテアナヲホル
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth;
(lit.)
a crab digs a hole like its own shell
Alt. forms
蟹
かに
は
甲
こう
羅
ら
に
似
に
せて
穴
あな
を
掘
ほ
る
カニハコウラニニセテアナヲホル
Composed of
カニ
crab
コウラ
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
ニ
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
アナ
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit