Vocabulary
たいくつしのぎ退屈凌ぎ たいくつしのぎ退屈凌ぎ たいくつしのぎ退屈凌ぎ

Meaning

killing time and staving off boredom

Practice Writing

Character: 1/4
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Component Analysis

退屈凌ぎ
killing time, staving off boredom
たいくつしのぎ
退
retreat, withdraw, retire...
しりぞ.く, しりぞ.ける, タイ
辶
walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)
チャク
艮
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら, コン, ゴン
屈
yield, bend, flinch...
かが.む, かが.める, クツ
尸
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
かたしろ, シ
出
exit, leave, go out...
で.る, -で, シュツ
屮
left hand, old grass radical (no. 45)
ひだりて, テツ, サ
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン
凌
endure, keep (rain)out, stave off...
しの.ぐ, リョウ
冫
( 氷 ) two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
こおり, ヒョウ
夌
to dawdle, the name of the father of the Emperor Yao
しの.ぐ, すた.れる, リョウ
圥
mushroom
きのこ, ロク
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト
儿
legs radical (no. 10)
がい, ジン, ニン
八
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
や, や.つ, ハチ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
夂
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
しゅう, チ
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