"画餅" meaning in 日本語

See 画餅 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

  1. 役に立たないもの。計画だけあって、実現しないもの。
    Sense id: ja-画餅-ja-noun-LpGCAZEH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: pie in the sky (英語)
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  "collocations": [
    {
      "word": "画餅に帰する"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(白文)選擧莫取有名、名如畫地作餅、不可啖也",
    "(訓読文)選び挙ぐるに名有る(のみ)を取る莫れ。名は地に画きて餅を作すが如し、啖ふべからず。",
    "(現代語訳)登用するのに有名であるからといって採用してはいけない、名(評判)などと言うものは、地面に画いた餅みたいなものだ、食べることはできない。"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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      "examples": [
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              81,
              83
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(芥川龍之介 『妖婆』)",
          "text": "だからよしんばあの婆の爪の下から、お敏を救い出す名案があってもだね、おまけにその名案が今日明日中に思いついたにしてもだ。明日の晩お敏に逢えなけりゃ、すべての計画が画餅になる訣だろう。"
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        "役に立たないもの。計画だけあって、実現しないもの。"
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      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "pie in the sky"
    }
  ],
  "word": "画餅"
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    {
      "word": "画餅に帰する"
    }
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    "(白文)選擧莫取有名、名如畫地作餅、不可啖也",
    "(訓読文)選び挙ぐるに名有る(のみ)を取る莫れ。名は地に画きて餅を作すが如し、啖ふべからず。",
    "(現代語訳)登用するのに有名であるからといって採用してはいけない、名(評判)などと言うものは、地面に画いた餅みたいなものだ、食べることはできない。"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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              81,
              83
            ]
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          "text": "だからよしんばあの婆の爪の下から、お敏を救い出す名案があってもだね、おまけにその名案が今日明日中に思いついたにしてもだ。明日の晩お敏に逢えなけりゃ、すべての計画が画餅になる訣だろう。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "役に立たないもの。計画だけあって、実現しないもの。"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "pie in the sky"
    }
  ],
  "word": "画餅"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 画餅 meaning in 日本語 (1.2kB)

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