哭岐泣練
Reading
こくききゅうれん
English
a person's future is theirs to decide
good and evil is left to free will
Notes
哭泣=crying, lamenting over
a person coming to a fork岐 in the road can choose their own path, and a thread練, initially white, can be dyed any color, i.e., people start with the same clean slate, but choose for themselves to be good or evil
岐⇔逵
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