Word Meaning 思案投首

しあんなげくび shiannagekubi

思案投首 is read as しあんなげくび (shiannagekubi) and means being at one's wit's end.

Meaning

English

being at one's wit's end
being (quite) at a loss (what to do)

Reading

Kana

しあんなげくび

Romaji

shiannagekubi

Writing Variants

思案投げ首 しあんなげくび shiannagekubi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Yojijukugo ✓ Proverb ✓ Rank 25794 Priority E

Related Vocabulary

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思案

しあん

careful thought

思案顔

しあんがお

pensive (or worried) look on one's face

思案に余る

しあんにあまる

to be at wit's end

思案に暮れる

しあんにくれる

to be lost in thought

投げ首

なげくび

being at a loss

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