Word Meaning 大魚を逸する

たいぎょをいっする taigyo o issuru

大魚を逸する is read as たいぎょをいっする (taigyo o issuru) and means to miss a big chance.

Meaning

English

to miss a big chance
to miss out on a great opportunity
to let a big fish get away

Reading

Kana

たいぎょをいっする

Romaji

taigyo o issuru

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Proverb ✓ Rank 113345 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大衆魚

たいしゅうぎょ

cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)

大和紙魚

やまとしみ

Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa)

大魚

たいぎょ

large fish

洗足学園魚津短期大学

せんぞくがくえんうおづたんきだいがく

Senzokugakuen'uozu Junior College

釣り落とした魚は大きい

つりおとしたさかなはおおきい

the biggest fish is always the one that got away

四大家魚

よんだいかぎょ

four large domesticated fishes (black carp, grass carp, bighead carp, and silver carp)

巨大魚

きょだいぎょ

enormous fish

逃がした魚は大きい

にがしたさかなはおおきい

the biggest fish is always the one that got away

逃げた魚は大きい

にげたさかなはおおきい

the biggest fish is always the one that got away

大丈夫

だいじょうぶ

great man

大刀

たち

straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

大統領

だいとうりょう

president (of a nation)