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隔靴掻痒【かっかそうよう】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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 scratchyojijukugo

Forms

隔靴掻痒【かっかそうよう】【かくかそうよう】
隔靴搔痒【かっかそうよう】【かくかそうよう】
かっかそうよう
かくかそうよう

Example sentences

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1. もっとたんとうちょくにゅう単刀直入にいって言ってくれないかな。かっかそうよう隔靴掻痒のかん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?

隔靴掻痒【かっかそうよう】

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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 scratchyojijukugo

Forms

隔靴掻痒【かっかそうよう】【かくかそうよう】
隔靴搔痒【かっかそうよう】【かくかそうよう】
かっかそうよう
かくかそうよう

Example sentences

1 result

1. もっとたんとうちょくにゅう単刀直入にいって言ってくれないかな。かっかそうよう隔靴掻痒のかん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?

隔

N1常用

意isolate; alternate; distance; separate; gulf

訓へだ.てる、へだ.たる

音カク

靴

N3常用

意shoes

訓くつ

音カ

掻

意scratch; rake; comb; paddle; behead

訓か.く

音ソウ

痒

意itchy

訓かゆ.がる、かさ、かゆ.い

音ヨウ

搔

意to scratch

訓か.く

音ソウ