Words — 24 found
1. every other; second; alternate
かっかそうよう
隔靴掻痒
1. 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 scratchYojijukugo (four character compound)
隔靴掻痒 【かくかそうよう】、隔靴搔痒 【かっかそうよう】、隔靴搔痒 【かくかそうよう】
隔靴搔痒: Out-dated kanji or kanji usage. 隔靴搔痒: Out-dated kanji or kanji usage.
1. isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility; sequestration
1. separation of ages; being of a different age
1. biennially; every second year; every other year
1. barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
かくせいかん
隔世の感
1. feeling that one is living in a completely different age; feeling that something belongs to a different age; feeling that the world has changed dramatically
かくせいいでん
隔世遺伝
1. atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral typeYojijukugo (four character compound)
1. reserve; reticence; unfriendliness; estrangementusu. in the negative as 〜なく, 〜のない, etc.