Vocabulary

二足の草鞋

Meaning

being engaged in two trades at the same time wearing two hats having two irons in the fire

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にそくのわらじ
being engaged in two trades at...

Component Analysis

二足の草鞋
being engaged in two trades at the same time, wearing two hats, having two irons in the fire...
にそくのわらじ
二
two, two radical (no. 7)
ふた, ふた.つ, ニ
足
leg, foot, be sufficient...
あし, た.りる, ソク
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
龰
草
grass, weeds, herbs...
くさ, くさ-, ソウ
艹
( 艸 ) grass, radical number 140
早
early, fast
はや.い, はや, ソウ
日
day, sun, Japan...
ひ, -び, ニチ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
鞋
straw sandals
わらじ, くつ, アイ
革
leather, skin, reform...
かわ, カク
廿
twenty
にじゅう, ジュウ, ニュウ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
圭
square jewel, corner, angle...
ケイ, ケ
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト
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