Word Meaning 藪から棒に

やぶからぼうに yabukarabou ni

藪から棒に is read as やぶからぼうに (yabukarabou ni) and means out of the blue.

Meaning

English

  1. out of the blue
  2. all of a sudden
  3. without warning
  4. unexpectedly

Reading

Kana

やぶからぼうに

Romaji

yabukarabou ni

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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藪から棒

やぶからぼう

bolt from the blue

棒

ぼう

spoken monotonously

泥棒

どろぼう

theft

鉄棒

てつぼう

horizontal bar (gymnastics)

相棒

あいぼう

partner

棒立ち

ぼうだち

standing upright

用心棒

ようじんぼう

stick or pole used for self-defence

平行棒

へいこうぼう

parallel bars

棒高跳び

ぼうたかとび

pole vault

棒状

ぼうじょう

cylinder or rod-shaped

指揮棒

しきぼう

conductor's stick