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Day: Mar 11, 2019

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Kubu Kurin (九分九厘 – A Hundred to One)

Mar 11, 2019 Toru 0 Comments 99%, a hundred to one, completeness, nine, possibility, probability, progress, ratio, unit

Kubu Kurin 九分九厘 Yesterday, I introduced you to the four-character idiom ‘jucchū hakku‘ (十中八九), which means that the probability is

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