Word Meaning 俎上の魚

そじょうのうお sojou no uo

俎上の魚 is read as そじょうのうお (sojou no uo) and means being in a helpless situation.

Meaning

English

  1. being in a helpless situation
  2. (like a) fish on a chopping board

Reading

Kana

そじょうのうお

Romaji

sojou no uo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 153402 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

俎上

そじょう

on the chopping board

魚氷に上る

うおひにのぼる

third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface)

魚

うお

fish

金魚

きんぎょ

goldfish (Carassius auratus)

川魚

かわざかな

river fish

活魚

かつぎょ

live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)

鮮魚

せんぎょ

fresh fish

熱帯魚

ねったいぎょ

tropical fish

稚魚

ちぎょ

fry

淡水魚

たんすいぎょ

freshwater fish

小魚

こざかな

small fish

人魚

にんぎょ

mermaid