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Search Terms: *薪*
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expression
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having one's good intentions backfire dangerously, causing harm when trying to prevent it, trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling(idiom )
noun
1.
hatchet, axe
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
wood-chopping, wood-splitting
Other readings:
薪割【まきわり】
noun
1.
kindling burned in shrines and temples(archaism)
2.
special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year)(archaism)
3.
kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period(archaism)