Word Meaning 出鼻をくじく

でばなをくじく debanaokujiku

出鼻をくじく is read as でばなをくじく (debanaokujiku) and means to spoil someone's start.

Meaning

English

  1. to spoil someone's start
  2. to kill someone's enthusiasm
  3. to take the wind out of someone's sails

Reading

Kana

でばなをくじく

Romaji

debanaokujiku

Writing Variants

  • 出端を挫く ではなをくじく dehana o kujiku
  • 出端を挫く でばなをくじく debana o kujiku
  • 出鼻をくじく ではなをくじく dehanaokujiku
  • 出鼻を挫く ではなをくじく dehana o kujiku
  • 出鼻を挫く でばなをくじく debana o kujiku

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Proverb Rank 119566 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

出鼻

でばな

projecting part (of a headland, etc.)

出っ鼻

でっぱな

projecting part (of a headland, etc.)

出鼻を折る

でばなをおる

to spoil someone's start

鼻出血

びしゅっけつ

nosebleed

鼻血が出る

はなぢがでる

to have a nosebleed

鼻血も出ない

はなぢもでない

not having a single penny left

出向く

でむく

to go to

出身

しゅっしん

one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

出版

しゅっぱん

publication

出血

しゅっけつ

bleeding

出版社

しゅっぱんしゃ

publisher

出荷

しゅっか

shipping