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魚心あれば水心あり
Readings
うおごころあればみずごころあり
uogokoroarebamizugokoroari
English
Expression
See also: 魚心あれば水心
Proverb
kindness begets kindness, you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish

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Kanjis
ON: ギョ KUN: うお, さかな, -ざかな
fish

Stroke: 11 Grade: 2 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 2-2-9 FC: 2733.3


ON: シン KUN: こころ, -ごころ
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

Stroke: 4 Grade: 2 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 1-1-3 FC: 3300.0


ON: スイ KUN: みず, みず-
water

Stroke: 4 Grade: 1 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 1-1-3 FC: 1223.3