我田引水 | Japanese meaning | lingaku

我田引水【がでんいんすい】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own fieldyojijukugo

Forms

我田引水【がでんいんすい】
がでんいんすい

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

我田引水【がでんいんすい】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

seeking one's own interests; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests; drawing water for one's own fieldyojijukugo

Forms

我田引水【がでんいんすい】
がでんいんすい

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

我

N16

意ego; I; selfish; our; oneself

訓われ、わ、わ.が-、わが-

音ガ

名あ、あが、か

田

N41

意rice field; rice paddy

訓た

音デン

名いなか、おか、たん、で、とう、や

引

N32

意pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to

訓ひ.く、ひ.ける

音イン

名いな、ひき、ひけ、びき

水

N51

意water

訓みず、みず-

音スイ

名うず、ずみ、つ、ど、み、みさ、みつ、みな、みん

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