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生兵法

Reading

Kana: なまびょうほう
Romaji: namabyōhou
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

crude tactics; smattering of knowledge

Kanji

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: ヘイ、 ヒョウ、 つわもの
Meanings: soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system

Example Sentences

生兵法(なまびょうほう)(だい)怪我(けが)のもと。
➥A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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その詩人(しじん)()っているように生兵法(なまびょうほう)(だい)けがのもとだ。
➥As the poet says, a little learning is a dangerous thing.
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