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「杖つえに縋すがるとも人ひとに縋すがるな」という言こと葉ばを胸むねに、彼かれは誰だれにも頼たよらずに生いきてきた。

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cane; walking stick; staff; wand

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

縋すがる

cling to; hang onto

godan verb

quotation, conditional, companion, or and marker

other people; others

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

rely on; depend on

called; that; the fact that

言こと葉ば

word; term; expression

heart; mind; feelings

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

誰だれにも

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in anyone; in everyone

rely on; depend on; count on; turn to (for help)

-> 頼るgodan verb

without doing; not doing

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

live; be alive; exist

-> 生きるichidan verb

action or change coming toward the speaker or up to the present

-> てくるgrammar

past tense or completed action