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隔靴掻痒, かっかそうよう

  • kakkasōyō

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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

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Examples of 隔靴掻痒,かっかそうよう in a Sentence

もっと単刀直入に言ってくれないかな。隔靴掻痒の感なきにしもあらずだよ。 You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?
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