Word Meaning 鬼の首を取ったよう

おにのくびをとったよう oni no kubi o tottayou

鬼の首を取ったよう is read as おにのくびをとったよう (oni no kubi o tottayou) and means triumphant (over a mediocre achievement).

Meaning

English

triumphant (over a mediocre achievement)
boastful
as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck

Reading

Kana

おにのくびをとったよう

Romaji

oni no kubi o tottayou

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb ✓ Rank 84682 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

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首を取る

くびをとる

to decapitate

ノミ取り首輪

のみとりくびわ

flea collar

鬼

き

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼神

きしん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしもじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly

鬼門

きもん

weak point

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼も十八

おにもじゅうはち

even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼金目

おにきんめ

common fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)