Word Meaning そうは問屋がおろさない

そうはとんやがおろさない souhatonyagaorosanai

そうは問屋がおろさない is read as そうはとんやがおろさない (souhatonyagaorosanai) and means things don't work that well in the real world.

Meaning

English

  1. things don't work that well in the real world
  2. things seldom go as one wishes
  3. that is expecting too much
  4. it won't be that easy
  5. the wholesaler won't sell it like that

Reading

Kana

そうはとんやがおろさない

Romaji

souhatonyagaorosanai

Writing Variants

  • そうは問屋が卸さない そうはとんやがおろさない souhatonya ga orosanai
  • 然うは問屋が卸さない そうはとんやがおろさない souhatonya ga orosanai

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 44 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Proverb Rank 118689 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

問屋

といや

wholesale store

卸し問屋

おろしどんや

wholesaler

米問屋

こめどいや

wholesale rice dealer

現金問屋

げんきんどんや

cash-basis wholesaler

回船問屋

かいせんどいや

maritime merchant (Edo and Meiji periods)

そば屋

そばや

soba restaurant

問題無い

もんだいない

no problem

根問い

ねどい

inquisitiveness

小屋

こや

one's own house

問題

もんだい

question (i.e. doubt)

とい

question

質問

しつもん

question

Example Sentences

1

You won't get it so easily.