Word Meaning 瓢箪から駒

ひょうたんからこま hyoutankarakoma

瓢箪から駒 is read as ひょうたんからこま (hyoutankarakoma) and means something impossible.

Meaning

English

  1. something impossible
  2. something ridiculous
  3. something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect
  4. something said as a joke actually happening
  5. a horse from a gourd

Reading

Kana

ひょうたんからこま

Romaji

hyoutankarakoma

Writing Variants

  • ひょうたんから駒 ひょうたんからこま hyoutankarakoma

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 52 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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瓢箪鯰

ひょうたんなまず

(person) slippery as an eel

瓢箪

ひょうたん

calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)

千成瓢箪

せんなりびょうたん

bottle gourd

一箪の食一瓢の飲

いったんのしいっぴょうのいん

simple food and drink

青瓢箪

あおびょうたん

green calabash

箪食瓢飲

たんしひょういん

simple food and drink

こま

bridge (of a violin, etc.)

三味線の駒

しゃみせんのこま

bridge of shamisen

当歳駒

とうさいごま

yearling

大駒

おおごま

major piece

上駒

かみごま

nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)