Search Terms: *朽*
Dictionary results(showing 18 results)
noun, auxillary suru verb
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decrepitude, senescence, superannuation
no-adjective, noun
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everlasting, immortal, eternal, enduring, undying, imperishable
noun
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one's fame or achievements being passed down eternally(yojijukugo)
noun
1.
decayed tree, rotted tree, decayed wood, rotten wood
2.
obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
See also:朽ちる
Other readings:
朽木【くちき】
noun
1.
decayed leaves
noun, no-adjective
2.
Other readings:
朽葉【くちば】
noun, no-adjective
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russet, tawny, yellow-brown
Other readings:
朽葉色【くちばいろ】
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to rot away, to crumble to dust, to decay completely, to fall to ruins, to rust away
2.
to die in obscurity
Other readings:
朽果てる【くちはてる】
noun, no-adjective
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everlasting, eternal, immortal, imperishable, undying(yojijukugo)
expression
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once bitten twice shy, to become over cautious from a bad experience, to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
Other readings:
蛇に咬まれて朽ち縄に怖じる【へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる】
、蛇に噛まれて朽縄に怖じる【へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる】
、蛇に噛まれて朽縄におじる【へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる】
、蛇にかまれて朽縄におじる【へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる】