Word Meaning 隔靴掻痒

かくかそうよう kakukasouyou

隔靴掻痒 is read as かくかそうよう (kakukasouyou) and means being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe).

Meaning

English

  1. being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe)
  2. having an itch that one cannot scratch

Reading

Kana

かくかそうよう

Romaji

kakukasouyou

Writing Variants

  • 隔靴掻痒 かっかそうよう kakkasouyou
  • 隔靴搔痒 かくかそうよう kakukasouyou
  • 隔靴搔痒 かっかそうよう kakkasouyou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 48 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Yojijukugo Rank 160334 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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掻痒

そうよう

itch

麻姑掻痒

まこそうよう

things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes)

掻痒感

そうようかん

itchiness

掻痒症

そうようしょう

pruritus

隔てる

へだてる

to alienate

隔日

かくじつ

every other day

隔たる

へだたる

to be distant

隔離

かくり

isolation

隔月

かくげつ

every second month

隔たり

へだたり

distance

隔週

かくしゅう

every other week

隔て

へだて

partition