Word Meaning 糸口を開く

いとぐちをひらく itoguchi o hiraku

糸口を開く is read as いとぐちをひらく (itoguchi o hiraku) and means to find a clue.

Meaning

English

to find a clue
to make a beginning

Reading

Kana

いとぐちをひらく

Romaji

itoguchi o hiraku

Writing Variants

緒を開く いとぐちをひらく itoguchi o hiraku

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 92482 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

糸口

いとぐち

thread end

解決の糸口

かいけつのいとぐち

key to a solution

開口

かいこう

open

開口率

かいこうりつ

aperture ratio

開口部

かいこうぶ

aperture

開口期

かいこうき

dilatation stage (of labour)

開口数

かいこうすう

numerical aperture (in photography)

開口一番

かいこういちばん

at the very beginning of one's speech

糸を引く

いとをひく

to pull (the puppet) strings

糸

いと

thread

糸面取り

いとめんとり

light chamfering (engineering)

糸電話

いとでんわ

telephone made from two cans and a piece of string