Word Meaning 十日の菊

とおかのきく tooka no kiku

十日の菊 is read as とおかのきく (tooka no kiku) and means something that comes too late and is useless.

Meaning

English

  1. something that comes too late and is useless
  2. chrysanthemum blooming on the 10th (i.e. one day too late for the Chrysanthemum Festival)

Reading

Kana

とおかのきく

Romaji

tooka no kiku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 47411 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

十日

とおか

10th day of the month

日本二十六聖人

にほんにじゅうろくせいじん

Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan

日本赤十字広島看護大学

にっぽんせきじゅうじひろしまかんごだいがく

The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing

日本赤十字看護大学

にっぽんせきじゅうじかんごだいがく

Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing

日本赤十字秋田看護大学

にっぽんせきじゅうじあきたかんごだいがく

Japanese Red Cross Akita College of Nursing

日本赤十字豊田看護大学

にっぽんせきじゅうじとよたかんごだいがく

Japanese Red Cross Toyota College of Nursing

日本赤十字北海道看護大学

にっぽんせきじゅうじほっかいどうかんごだいがく

Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing

二十日

はつか

20 days

三十日

みそか

last day of the month

二百二十日

にひゃくはつか

220th day

二百十日

にひゃくとおか

210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar)

四十九日

しじゅうくにち

forty-ninth day after a person's death