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Meaning of 晴耕雨読 in Japanese
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晴耕雨読
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Kana Readingせいこううどく
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Romajiseikoūdoku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits
- Example sentence
- 晴耕雨読の人生にも少々は憧れるけれど、僕にはそんな生き方、３日ももたないだろうな。 I sometimes wish I could live a quiet retired sort of life but I doubt I could stand it for more than a few days.
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