Word Meaning 隔靴掻痒

かっかそうよう kakkasouyou

隔靴掻痒 is read as かっかそうよう (kakkasouyou) 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

かっかそうよう

Romaji

kakkasouyou

Writing Variants

  • 隔靴掻痒 かくかそうよう kakukasouyou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 48 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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