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Meaning of 隔靴掻痒(かっかそうよう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 隔靴掻痒

Kana Reading かっかそうよう

Romaji kakkasōyō

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

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

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?

Related Kanji

靴 JLPT 3

13 strokes

shoes

On'Yomi: カ

Kun'Yomi: くつ

隔 JLPT 1

13 strokes

isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf

On'Yomi: カク

Kun'Yomi: へだ.てる, へだ.たる

掻

11 strokes

scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead

On'Yomi: ソウ

Kun'Yomi: か.く

痒

11 strokes

itchy

On'Yomi: ヨウ

Kun'Yomi: かゆ.がる, かさ, かゆ.い