Word Meaning 地雷を踏む

じらいをふむ jirai o fumu

地雷を踏む is read as じらいをふむ (jirai o fumu) and means to step on a landmine.

Meaning

English

to step on a landmine
to really step in it
to screw up
to open up a can of worms

Reading

Kana

じらいをふむ

Romaji

jirai o fumu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 103850 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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じだんだふむ

to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

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land mine

地雷除去作業

じらいじょきょさぎょう

mine-clearing operation

地雷原

じらいげん

minefield

地震雷火事親父

じしんかみなりかじおやじ

things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers

地雷除去

じらいじょきょ

mine clearance

地雷火

じらいか

(land) mine

地雷敷設地帯

じらいふせつちたい

mined strip (of land)

地雷臭

じらいしゅう

suspicion that something is inferior (game, product, etc.)

対人地雷

たいじんじらい

anti-personnel land mine

仕掛地雷

しかけじらい

booby trap

地価

ちか

the price of land