Word Meaning 屁と火事はもとから騒ぐ

へとかじはもとからさわぐ he to kajihamotokarasawagu

屁と火事はもとから騒ぐ is read as へとかじはもとからさわぐ (he to kajihamotokarasawagu) and means it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest.

Meaning

English

it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest
the one who smelt it dealt it

Reading

Kana

へとかじはもとからさわぐ

Romaji

he to kajihamotokarasawagu

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 55 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

火事

かじ

fire

山火事

やまかじ

forest fire

火事場

かじば

scene of a fire

対岸の火事

たいがんのかじ

someone else's problem

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

火事旋風

かじせんぷう

firestorm

火薬陰謀事件

かやくいんぼうじけん

Gunpowder Plot (of 1605)

金時の火事見舞い

きんときのかじみまい

going bright red (esp. after drinking)

騒ぐ

さわぐ

to make merry

立ち騒ぐ

たちさわぐ

to make a din

火に油を注ぐ

ひにあぶらをそそぐ

to add fuel to the fire

事故

じこ

circumstances