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Meaning of 隔靴掻痒 in Japanese
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隔靴掻痒
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Kana Readingかっかそうよう
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Romajikakkasōyō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch
- Example sentence
- もっと単刀直入に言ってくれないかな。隔靴掻痒の感なきにしもあらずだよ。 You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?
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Examples of 隔靴掻痒, かっかそうよう in a sentence
Kanji in this word
隔
JLPT 1
13 strokes
isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf
On'Yomi: カク
Kun'Yomi: へだ.てる, へだ.たる