隔靴搔痒 - Kiokun Dictionary

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Japanese

隔靴掻痒かっかそうよう、かくかそうよう同音

noun yojijukugo 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

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Example Sentences

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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?

Contains

gé へだ.てる 격

xuē くつ 화

yǎng かゆ.がる 양

variant of 癢|痒[yǎng]

scratch lightly