Word Meaning 白羽の矢を立てる

しらはのやをたてる shiraha no ya o tateru

白羽の矢を立てる is read as しらはのやをたてる (shiraha no ya o tateru) and means to select someone (out of many people).

Meaning

English

to select someone (out of many people)

Reading

Kana

しらはのやをたてる

Romaji

shiraha no ya o tateru

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 61289 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

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白羽の矢が立つ

しらはのやがたつ

to be selected (from among many people)

白羽

しらは

white feather

矢面に立つ

やおもてにたつ

to be in the firing line

矢立

やたて

portable brush-and-ink case

矢羽

やばね

arrow feathers

赤立羽蝶

あかたてはちょう

red admiral (butterfly)

立羽蝶

たてはちょう

nymphalid (any butterfly of family Nymphalidae)

瑠璃立羽

るりたては

blue admiral (species of nymphalid butterfly, Kaniska canace)

アポロ薄羽白蝶

あぽろうすばしろちょう

parnassian butterfly

姫薄羽白蝶

ひめうすばしろちょう

Parnassius stubbendorfii (species of swallowtail)

羽白海鳩

はじろうみばと

black guillemot (Cepphus grylle)

金黒羽白

きんくろはじろ

tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)