Word Meaning 剣を落として舟を刻む

けんをおとしてふねをきざむ ken o otoshitefune o kizamu

剣を落として舟を刻む is read as けんをおとしてふねをきざむ (ken o otoshitefune o kizamu) and means to not be getting with the times.

Meaning

English

  1. to not be getting with the times
  2. to be unaware that things are changing
  3. to drop one's sword (in the river) and carve (a mark) on the boat (to mark the spot where the sword was dropped)

Reading

Kana

けんをおとしてふねをきざむ

Romaji

ken o otoshitefune o kizamu

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 49 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 132669 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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舟に刻して剣を求む

ふねにこくしてけんをもとむ

to not be getting with the times

舟に刻みて剣を求む

ふねにきざみてけんをもとむ

to not be getting with the times

刻舟

こくしゅう

not getting with the times

剣道

けんどう

kendo

けん

bayonet

剣客

けんかく

master swordsman

剣劇

けんげき

sword play

剣士

けんし

swordsman

剣豪

けんごう

great swordsman

剣道場

けんどうじょう

kendo hall

剣術使い

けんじゅつつかい

fencer

剣道着

けんどうぎ

kendo gi