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    3. 出鼻をくじく

    出鼻をくじく

    出で鼻ばなを​く​じ​く​

    to spoil someone's start

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab27 strokes

    出鼻を挫く出端を挫く出端をくじく出ばなをくじく出ばなを挫く出はなをくじく出はなを挫く

    でばなをくじくではなをくじく

    Verb

    1.
    to spoil someone's start, to kill someone's enthusiasm, to take the wind out of someone's sails
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    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
    鼻
    はな…(1)
    nose・snout
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
    じ
    ji
    Kana
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