鬼の首を取ったよう | Japanese meaning

鬼の首を取ったよう【おにのくびをとったよう】

Frequency rank: 54,044. – 55,693.

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck

Forms

Frequency rank: 54,044. – 55,693.

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck

Forms

N1常用

意ghost; devil

訓おに、おに-

音キ

N32

意neck; counter for songs and poems

訓くび

音シュ

名おびと、こべ、す

N33

意take; fetch; take up

訓と.る、と.り、と.り-、とり、-ど.り

音シュ

名どる