Definition of 浜の真砂は尽きるとも世に盗人の種は尽きまじ (はまのまさごはつきるともよにぬすびとのたねはつきまじ)

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浜の真砂は尽きるとも世に盗人の種は尽きまじ

はまのまさごはつきるともよにぬすびとのたねはつきまじ

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the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall(quotation)(from the death poem of Ishikawa Goemon)
Related Kanji
浜 seacoast, beach, seashore
真 true, reality, Buddhist sect
砂 sand
尽 exhaust, use up, run out of, deplete, befriend, serve
世 generation, world, society, public
盗 steal, rob, pilfer
人 person
種 species, kind, class, variety, seed