Word Meaning 竹を割った様

たけをわったよう take o wattayou

竹を割った様 is read as たけをわったよう (take o wattayou) and means clear-cut and straightforward.

Meaning

English

  1. clear-cut and straightforward
  2. (of a person) forward-thinking
  3. honest
  4. upright
  5. frank

Reading

Kana

たけをわったよう

Romaji

take o wattayou

Writing Variants

  • 竹をわったよう たけをわったよう takeowattayou
  • 竹を割ったよう たけをわったよう take o wattayou

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Proverb Rank 83143 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

割竹

わりだけ

noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)

唐竹割

からたけわり

cutting straight down

たけ

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

竹林

ちくりん

bamboo thicket

竹馬

ちくば

hobby horse

竹の子

たけのこ

bamboo shoot

竹細工

たけざいく

bamboo work

竹島問題

たけしまもんだい

Liancourt Rocks dispute (territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea)

竹取物語

たけとりものがたり

Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)

竹夫人

ちくふじん

bamboo wife

竹中工務店

たけなかこうむてん

Takenaka Corporation