Word Meaning 連木で腹を切る

れんぎではらをきる rengi de hara o kiru

連木で腹を切る is read as れんぎではらをきる (rengi de hara o kiru) and means to do something impossible.

Meaning

English

  1. to do something impossible
  2. to disembowel oneself with a pestle

Reading

Kana

れんぎではらをきる

Romaji

rengi de hara o kiru

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Proverb Rank 114360 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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連木

れんぎ

wooden pestle

腹を切る

はらをきる

to laugh until one splits one's side

詰め腹を切らされる

つめばらをきらされる

to be forced to bear the responsibility and resign

杓子で腹を切る

しゃくしではらをきる

to do something impossible

切腹

せっぷく

seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

木連格子

きつれごうし

lattice work

腹切

はらきり

harakiri

連れる

つれる

to take (someone) with one

連ねる

つらねる

to line up

連なる

つらなる

to attend

連れて来る

つれてくる

to bring someone along

連れ去る

つれさる

to take (someone) away