Word Meaning 江戸の仇を長崎で討つ

えどのかたきをながさきでうつ edo no kataki o nagasaki de utsu

江戸の仇を長崎で討つ is read as えどのかたきをながさきでうつ (edo no kataki o nagasaki de utsu) and means to hit someone where they least expect it.

Meaning

English

  1. to hit someone where they least expect it
  2. to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place
  3. to get revenge on someone in a different contest
  4. to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki

Reading

Kana

えどのかたきをながさきでうつ

Romaji

edo no kataki o nagasaki de utsu

Writing Variants

  • 江戸のかたきを長崎で討つ えどのかたきをながさきでうつ edonokatakionagasaki de utsu
  • 江戸の敵を長崎で討つ えどのかたきをながさきでうつ edo no kataki o nagasaki de utsu

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 153462 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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江戸

えど

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo)

江戸っ子

えどっこ

(true) Tokyoite

江戸前

えどまえ

Tokyo style

江戸時代

えどじだい

Edo period (1603-1868)

江戸時代文学

えどじだいぶんがく

Edo-period literature

江戸川大学

えどがわだいがく

Edogawa University

江戸千家流

えどせんけりゅう

Edo Senke school of tea ceremony

江戸切子

えどきりこ

type of faceted glass from Edo

江戸子

えどこ

(true) Tokyoite

江戸上り

えどのぼり

Ryukyuan mission to Edo

江戸間

えどま

Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)

江戸言葉

えどことば

Edo dialect