Word Meaning 孔子の倒れ

くじのたおれ kuji no taore

孔子の倒れ is read as くじのたおれ (kuji no taore) and means even Homer nods.

Meaning

English

  1. even Homer nods

Reading

Kana

くじのたおれ

Romaji

kuji no taore

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb Rank 121151 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

孔子

くじ

Confucius

孔子学院

こうしがくいん

Confucius Institute

孔夫子

こうふうし

Confucius

倒立振子

とうりつふりこ

inverted pendulum

あな

(partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)

孔門の十哲

こうもんのじってつ

ten disciples of Confucius

孔雀

くざく

peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)

共倒れ

ともだおれ

falling together

倒れ

たおれ

bad debt

貸し倒れ

かしだおれ

bad debt

行倒れ

いきだおれ

collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.)

大阪の食い倒れ

おおさかのくいだおれ

financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka)