Word Meaning 杓子定規

しゃくしじょうぎ shakushijougi

杓子定規 is read as しゃくしじょうぎ (shakushijougi) and means strict.

Meaning

English

strict
hidebound
inflexible
being a stickler for the rules
sticking hard and fast to the rules

Reading

Kana

しゃくしじょうぎ

Romaji

shakushijougi

Writing Variants

しゃくし定規 しゃくしじょうぎ shakushijougi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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杓子

しゃくし

bamboo ladle

杓子果報

しゃくしかほう

coming by ample servings of delicious food

杓子で腹を切る

しゃくしではらをきる

to do something impossible

杓子菜

しゃくしな

bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)

定規

じょうぎ

(measuring) ruler

丁字形定規

ていじけいじょうぎ

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

三角定規

さんかくじょうぎ

triangles (used in mechanical drawing)

丁字定規

ていじじょうぎ

T square

丁定規

ていじょうぎ

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

手前定規

てまえじょうぎ

self-serving logic

T定規

てぃーじょうぎ

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

雲形定規

うんけいじょうぎ

French curve