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勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍
勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍
Readings
かてばかんぐんまければぞくぐん
katebakangunmakerebazokugun
English
Expression
Proverb
might is right, history is written by the victors, winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong, if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army

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Kanjis
ON: ショウ KUN: か.つ, -が.ち, まさ.る, すぐ.れる, かつ
victory, win, prevail, excel

Stroke: 12 Grade: 3 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 1-4-8 FC: 7922.2


ON: カン
bureaucrat, the government, organ

Stroke: 8 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-3-5 FC: 3077.7


ON: グン KUN: いくさ
army, force, troops, war, battle

Stroke: 9 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-2-7 FC: 3750.0


ON: KUN: ま.ける, ま.かす, お.う
defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility

Stroke: 9 Grade: 3 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-2-7 FC: 2780.0


ON: ゾク
burglar, rebel, traitor, robber

Stroke: 13 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-7-6 FC: 6385.5