Word Meaning どんぐりの背比べ
どんぐりのせいくらべ
dongurinoseikurabe
どんぐりの背比べ is read as どんぐりのせいくらべ (dongurinoseikurabe) and means pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties).
Meaning
English
- pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties)
- pissing contest
- having very little difference between one another
- being much of a muchness
- being more or less the same
- height comparison among acorns
Reading
Kana
どんぐりのせいくらべ
Romaji
dongurinoseikurabe
Writing Variants
- ドングリの背比べ どんぐりのせいくらべ dongurinoseikurabe
- 団栗の背比べ どんぐりのせいくらべ donguri no seikurabe
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Related Vocabulary
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2どんぐりの背比べだよ。
They are all alike.
こういう流れになると結局、どんぐりの背比べになる。
Once things start going this way, in the end they'll all be much of a muchness.