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The dyer wears white.
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kouyanoshirobakama
expression
  1. the shoemaker's children go barefoot; the dyer wears white; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves
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kouya
noun
  1. dyer
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no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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shiro
noun
  1. white
  2. innocence; innocent person
  3. blank space
  4. white go stone
  5. white dragon tile
  6. skewered grilled pig intestine
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hakama
noun
  1. hakama; man's formal divided skirt
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