Word Meaning 薮蛇になる

やぶへびになる yabuhebininaru

薮蛇になる is read as やぶへびになる (yabuhebininaru) and means to only make work for oneself.

Meaning

English

  1. to only make work for oneself
  2. to stir up a hornet's nest
  3. to put one's foot in one's mouth

Reading

Kana

やぶへびになる

Romaji

yabuhebininaru

Writing Variants

  • 薮蛇に成る やぶへびになる yabuhebi ni naru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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薮蛇

やぶへび

unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself

じゃ

snake

蛇行

だこう

meandering

蛇の目

じゃのめ

umbrella with bull's-eye pattern

蛇口

じゃぐち

faucet

大蛇

おろち

big snake

長蛇の列

ちょうだのれつ

long line

蛇行運転

だこううんてん

erratic driving

黒潮大蛇行

くろしおだいだこう

Kuroshio Current

蛇心仏口

じゃしんぶっこう

being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness

八岐大蛇

やまたのおろち

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

水蛇座

みずへびざ

Hydrus (constellation)