Word Meaning 一寸法師

いっすんぼうし issumboushi

一寸法師 is read as いっすんぼうし (issumboushi) and means Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale).

Meaning

English

Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)
dwarf
midget
elf
Tom Thumb
Jack Sprat

Reading

Kana

いっすんぼうし

Romaji

issumboushi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 60018 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

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一寸

いっすん

little bit (of time, distance, etc.)

一寸先

いっすんさき

an inch ahead

一寸

ちょっと

(not) easily

一寸も

ちょっとも

(not) at all

一寸した

ちょっとした

considerable

一寸刻み

いっすんきざみ

(at a) snail's pace

一寸の虫にも五分の魂

いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましい

tread on a worm and it will turn

一寸逃れ

いっすんのがれ

quibbling

一寸の光陰軽んずべからず

いっすんのこういんかろんずべからず

there isn't a moment to be wasted

一寸先は闇

いっすんさきはやみ

no one knows what the future holds

一寸宜しい

ちょっとよろしい

(can you) spare a little time (to speak)?

影法師

かげぼうし

shadow figure

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