火のないところに煙は立たない

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
火 煙 立
ひ
Grade: 1 		けむり
Grade: S 		た
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, "smoke doesn't rise in places with no fire".

Pronunciation

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Proverb

火(ひ)のないところに煙(けむり)は立(た)たない or 火のないところに煙は立たない(proverb) • (hi no nai tokoro ni kemuri wa tatanai or proverb) [[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
|ひのないところにけむりはたたない]]

  1. where there's smoke, there's fire
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