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やまよりおおきなししはでぬ
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. things cannot be larger than the things that contain them;
(lit.)
there are no boars larger than the mountain (in which they live)
Alt. forms
山
やま
より
大
おお
きな
猪
いのしし
は
出
で
ぬ
やまよりおおきなししはでぬ
Composed of
やま
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
おおきな
big; large; great
しし
(arch.)
beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer); hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
で
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins