Word Meaning 足をひっぱる

あしをひっぱる ashiohipparu

足をひっぱる is read as あしをひっぱる (ashiohipparu) and means to hold back (someone) from achieving success.

Meaning

English

to hold back (someone) from achieving success
to stand in the way of
to sabotage

Reading

Kana

あしをひっぱる

Romaji

ashiohipparu

Writing Variants

足を引っぱる あしをひっぱる ashi o hipparu
足を引っ張る あしをひっぱる ashi o hipparu

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Proverb ✓ Rank 111640 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

足る

たる

to be sufficient

足りる

たりる

to be sufficient

足下を見る

あしもとをみる

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation)

足が出る

あしがでる

to have a secret revealed

足を取られる

あしをとられる

to be too drunk to stand

足を向ける

あしをむける

to head towards

足して二で割る

たしてにでわる

to combine parts of two different things into a new thing

足に任せる

あしにまかせる

to go where one's feet take one

足を奪われる

あしをうばわれる

to be stranded

足

あし

bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji

足元

あしもと

most recent

足音

あしおと

sense or sign that something is approaching