Word Meaning 井の中の蛙

いのなかのかわず i no naka no kawazu

井の中の蛙 is read as いのなかのかわず (i no naka no kawazu) and means person who is ignorant of the real world.

Meaning

English

person who is ignorant of the real world
frog in a well

Reading

Kana

いのなかのかわず

Romaji

i no naka no kawazu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

井の中の蛙、大海を知らず

いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず

the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean

井蛙

せいあ

frog in a well

井蛙の見

せいあのけん

narrow perspective

井蛙は以って海を語る可からず

せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず

a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world

井戸

いど

water well

井

い

well

井戸水

いどみず

well water

井戸端会議

いどばたかいぎ

content-free chat

井戸掘り

いどほり

well digging

井筒

いづつ

family crest design based on a square wooden well curb

井水

せいすい

well water

井

せい

Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Example Sentences

井の中の蛙。

Person ignorant of the real world.

井の中の蛙、大海を知らず。

He who stays in the valley shall never get over the hill.