Word Meaning 横の物を縦にもしない

よこのものをたてにもしない yoko no mono o tatenimoshinai

横の物を縦にもしない is read as よこのものをたてにもしない (yoko no mono o tatenimoshinai) and means too lazy to do anything.

Meaning

English

  1. too lazy to do anything

Reading

Kana

よこのものをたてにもしない

Romaji

yoko no mono o tatenimoshinai

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 56 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Proverb Rank 80028 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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横物

よこもの

artwork with a horizontal aspect (e.g. scroll)

縦横

たてよこ

length and breadth

縦横

じゅうおう

every direction

縦横無尽

じゅうおうむじん

freely

縦横自在

じゅうおうじざい

freely

機知縦横

きちじゅうおう

being very witty

縦中横

たてちゅうよこ

using horizontal characters in vertical writing

縦横家

じゅうおうか

School of Diplomacy (school of thought during the Warring States period in China)

機略縦横

きりゃくじゅうおう

very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment

縦横比

たてよこひ

aspect ratio

才気縦横

さいきじゅうおう

great wisdom