灯台下暗し

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 4
だい
Grade: 2
もと
Grade: 1
くら
Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
燈臺下暗し (kyūjitai)

Proverb

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(とう)(だい)(もと)(くら) (tōdai moto kurashi

  1. the darkest place is under the candlestick; can't see the wood for the trees; people often known little of what happens under their noses; lit. "dark under a candlestick"