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    3. 瓢箪から駒が出る

    瓢箪から駒が出る

    瓢ひょう箪たんか​ら​駒こまが​出でる​

    something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect

    NTVerbCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab63 strokes

    ひょうたんから駒が出る

    ひょうたんからこまがでる

    Verb

    1.
    something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect, something said as a joke actually happening, a horse comes out from a gourd
    idiomatic expression
    2.
    something impossible, something ridiculous
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    瓢
    ひさご・ふくべ…(1)
    gourd
    Kanji
    箪
    はこ…(1)
    bamboo rice basket
    Kanji
    駒
    こま…(1)
    pony・horse・colt
    Kanji
    出
    で.る・-で・だ.す・-だ.す・い.でる・い.だす…(9)
    exit・leave・go out・come out・put out…(1)
    Kanji
    か
    ka
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    が
    ga
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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