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過ちを改める

あやまちをあらためる
to correct a fault
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過ちを観て斯に仁を知る

あやまちをみてここにじんをしる
to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not
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過ちを犯す

あやまちをおかす
to make an error
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過ちを文る

あやまちをかざる
to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only
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過失を許す

かしつをゆるす
to forgive a person for their error; to forgive someone for their mistake
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霞を食う

かすみをくう
to live on air; to derive nourishment from an elemental portion of mist or fog (the goal of a mountain ascetic)
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花を傷める

はなをいためる
to spoil a flower
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我が意を得る

わがいをえる
to approve of
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我が身をつねって人の痛さを知れ

我が身を抓って人の痛さを知れ
exp
わがみをつねってひとのいたさをしれ
you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch oneself and know others' pain
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我が身を恨む

わがみをうらむ
to blame oneself