隔靴掻痒

かっかそうよう

Meanings

  • Noun

    common noun
    1. 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.

Word informations

  • Common word: no
  • JLPT Level: None

Kanji

隔isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf
靴shoes
掻scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead
痒itchy

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