Word Meaning 思案に余る

しあんにあまる shian ni amaru

思案に余る is read as しあんにあまる (shian ni amaru) and means to be at wit's end.

Meaning

English

to be at wit's end
to be at a loss for what to do

Reading

Kana

しあんにあまる

Romaji

shian ni amaru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Proverb ✓ Rank 32701 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

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思案に暮れる

しあんにくれる

to be lost in thought

思い余る

おもいあまる

to not know how to act or what to do

思案

しあん

careful thought

思案投首

しあんなげくび

being at one's wit's end

思案顔

しあんがお

pensive (or worried) look on one's face

引っ込み思案

ひっこみじあん

reserved

こけの後思案

こけのあとじあん

hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool)

色事は思案の外

いろごとはしあんのほか

love and reason do not go together

鼻先思案

はなさきじあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking

鼻元思案

はなもとじあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking

恋は思案の外

こいはしあんのほか

love is without reason

凝っては思案に能わず

こってはしあんにあたわず

too much thinking gets you nowhere