Noun
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
Yojijukugo (four character compound)
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?
Characters in this word
4隔
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Dictionary and index codes (29)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-3-10, 1-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2d10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 7122.7 | Four corner code |
| 3653 | deroo |
| 9694 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-19-54 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5016 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 6475 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 671 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 827 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 480 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 615 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1312 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1409 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1608 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1753 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 41783X | Morohashi |
| 1078 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1589 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1696 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1879 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1683 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1236 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 748 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1321 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| ge2 | Pinyin reading |
| gyeog | Korean reading |
| n1 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 49 | WaniKani level |
靴
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Dictionary and index codes (29)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-9-4, 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 3k10.34 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4451.0, 4151.0 | Four corner code |
| 1956 | deroo |
| 9774 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-23-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5092 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 6576 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1781 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2235 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1165 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1586 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1894 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2042 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1446 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1907 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 42729 | Morohashi |
| 1052 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1076 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1124 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1004 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1687 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 995 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1878 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1912 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| xue1 | Pinyin reading |
| hwa | Korean reading |
| n3 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 27 | WaniKani level |
掻
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Dictionary and index codes (13)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3c10.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 5703.6 | Four corner code |
| 63bb | Unicode hex code |
| 1-33-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 1980 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2175 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 619 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2252 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2356 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 12477X | Morohashi |
| sao1 | Pinyin reading |
| so | Korean reading |
Dictionary and index codes (12)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 3-5-6 | SKIP code |
| 5i6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 0015.1 | Four corner code |
| 75d2 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-65-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 3044 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3802 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2572 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2622 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 22163 | Morohashi |
| yang3 | Pinyin reading |
| yang | Korean reading |