Word Meaning 猿猴月を取る

えんこうつきをとる enkoutsuki o toru

猿猴月を取る is read as えんこうつきをとる (enkoutsuki o toru) and means to try and reach above one's station and fail.

Meaning

English

  1. to try and reach above one's station and fail
  2. to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail
  3. a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns)

Reading

Kana

えんこうつきをとる

Romaji

enkoutsuki o toru

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

猿猴が月を取る

えんこうがつきをとる

to try and reach above one's station and fail

猿猴捉月

えんこうそくげつ

trying to reach above one's station and failing

猿猴

えんこう

hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre)

猿猴鶏頭

えんこうげいとう

love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus)

月給取り

げっきゅうとり

salaried employee

さる

bathhouse prostitute

猿人

えんじん

ape man

猿楽能

さるがくのう

noh

猿年

さるどし

year of the Monkey

猿手

さるで

ape hand (deformity)

猿田彦の命

さるたひこのみこと

Saruta Hiko no Mikoto (Shintō god)