埒が明く
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 埒 | 明 |
| らち Hyōgai |
あ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 埒があく らちが明く ラチがあく |
Pronunciation
Phrase
- (idiomatic) to make good progress; to go smoothly
- 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (idiomatic, in the negative) to make little progress, make no progress, remain unsettled, to waste time;
Derived terms
- あかん (akan)
References
- “▲埒が明く”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604), Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.