兄たり難く弟たり難し

けいたりがたくていたりがたし

Meanings

1. Expression both people are superb in skill (and thus it is hard to rank them)

Kanji

• 兄 older brother. Read as ケイ.
• 難 difficult. Read as かたい.
• 弟 younger brother. Read as テイ.

Word lists

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