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    3. 首鼠両端を持す

    首鼠両端を持す

    首しゅ鼠そ両りょう端たんを​持じす​

    to be unable to make up one's mind

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab56 strokes

    しゅそりょうたんをじす

    Verb

    1.
    to be unable to make up one's mind, to sit on the fence

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    Characters that make up this word

    首
    くび…(4)
    neck・counter for songs and poems
    Kanji
    鼠
    ねずみ・ねず…(2)
    rat・mouse・dark gray
    Kanji
    両
    てる・ふたつ…(2)
    both・old Japanese coin・counter for carriages (e.g., in a train)・two
    Kanji
    端
    はし・は・はた・-ばた・はな…(3)
    edge・origin・end・point・border…(2)
    Kanji
    持
    も.つ・-も.ち・も.てる…(3)
    hold・have
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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