井底の蛙
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 井 | 底 | 蛙 |
| せい Grade: 4 |
てい Grade: 4 |
かわず Hyōgaiji |
| kan’on | kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 井底之蛙 |
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Literary Chinese 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā), referring literally to “a frog at the bottom of a well”. Originally from Zhuangzi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
井底の蛙 • (seitei no kawazu) ←せいていのかわづ (seitei no kawadu)?
- a person of very limited outlook and experience
Synonyms[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 井 read as せい
- Japanese terms spelled with 底 read as てい
- Japanese terms spelled with 蛙
- Japanese terms calqued from Literary Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese idioms
- Japanese terms historically spelled with づ
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters