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naiomi
Posted on Monday, April 05, 2004 - 02:41 pm:   
Will this phrase :

七転び八起き

have the same meaning if the katakana is left out? i.e. if it looked like this :

七転八起
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Anonymous
Posted on Monday, April 05, 2004 - 05:27 pm:   
Yes, it does. But remember that this does not work for every phrase.

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