独り相撲

ひとりずもう

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Meanings

Expression
1. fighting (tilting at) windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at.
2. single-person mimicking a wrestling match.

独	single, alone, spontaneously, Germany
相	inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
撲	slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak
一	one, one radical (no.1)
人	person

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