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Japanese
Etymology
Partial calque of Literary Chinese 入鄉隨俗 (rùxiāngsuísú, literally “entering the countryside, follow the custom (thereof)”). The back-formation of this form in pseudo-kanbun would be 入鄉從鄉 (also compare Chinese 入鄉隨鄉 / 入乡随乡).
Pronunciation
Proverb
郷に入っては郷に従え • (gō ni itte wa gō ni shitagae)
- when in Rome, do as the Romans do