Word Meaning 弁慶の泣き所

べんけいのなきどころ benkei no nakidokoro

弁慶の泣き所 is read as べんけいのなきどころ (benkei no nakidokoro) and means Achilles heel.

Meaning

English

  1. Achilles heel
  2. one's weak point
  3. shin

Reading

Kana

べんけいのなきどころ

Romaji

benkei no nakidokoro

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb Rank 113041 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

弁慶

べんけい

bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.)

弁慶格子

べんけいごうし

checked pattern

弁慶の立往生

べんけいのたちおうじょう

situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward

弁慶草

べんけいそう

orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)

泣き所

なきどころ

weak point

国連難民高等弁務官事務所

こくれんなんみんこうとうべんむかんじむしょ

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

弁慶縞

べんけいじま

checks

弁慶蟹

べんけいがに

Sesarmops intermedium (species of grapsoid crab)

慶應義塾大学産業研究所

けいおうぎじゅくだいがくさんぎょうけんきゅうじょ

Institute for Economic and Industry Studies

場所柄弁えず

ばしょがらわきまえず

not in keeping with the occasion

内弁慶

うちべんけい

someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside