埒が明く
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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埒 | 明 |
らち Hyōgaiji |
あ Grade: 2 |
Verb
埒が明く (godan conjugation, hiragana らちがあく, rōmaji rachi ga aku)
- to make good progress; to go smoothly
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 523)
- Rachi. ラチ (埒) 柵・垣. 比喩. Rachiuo aquru. (埒を明くる) 物事をよく解明する。Rachino aita fito. (埒の明いた人)素直で、道理にはすぐに副する人. Rachiuo coyuru, l, yaburu. (埒を越ゆる、または、破る)規則や禁制条項を破る、または、道理に背く.
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 523)
- (often in negative form) to make little progress; a waste of time
Derived terms
- あかん (akan)
References
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
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