Word Meaning 阿呆の足下使い

あほうのあしもとづかい ahou no ashimotozukai

阿呆の足下使い is read as あほうのあしもとづかい (ahou no ashimotozukai) and means fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet.

Meaning

English

  1. fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet
  2. stupidity of using people for small things

Reading

Kana

あほうのあしもとづかい

Romaji

ahou no ashimotozukai

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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阿呆の話食い

あほうのはなしぐい

an idiot will swallow anything

阿呆

あほ

fool

阿呆面

あほづら

stupid face

阿呆口

あほぐち

stupid chatter

阿呆鳥

あほうどり

albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)

阿呆の三杯汁

あほうのさんばいじる

only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once

阿呆陀羅

あほだら

type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events

地下足袋

じかたび

work tabi

下げ足

さげあし

downturn (in the market)

千里の行も足下に始まる

せんりのこうもそっかにはじまる

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step