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韋

韋: tanned leather

tanned leather; (name) Idaten
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Readings

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韋 is best known in 韋駄天 (いだてん), the god famed for speed, now a word for a fast runner.

Key words

韋駄天いだてんfast runner; swift god
韋編三絶いへんさんぜつreading a book until the binding breaks

Example sentences

He is the fastest runner in school and is always entrusted with the anchor leg at sports day.

On hearing the news, the messenger raced to the castle like a god of speed.

After reading books so intensely that the binding cords wore through, he became a first-rate scholar.

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