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    3. 海底撈月

    海底撈月

    海かい底てい撈ろう月げつ

    totally useless (fruitless) effort

    NTNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab36 strokes

    かいていろうげつ

    Noun

    1.
    totally useless (fruitless) effort, wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)
    yojijukugo

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    Kanji that make up this word

    海
    うみ…(16)
    sea・ocean
    底
    そこ…(1)
    bottom・sole・depth・bottom price・base…(2)
    撈
    catch fish
    月
    つき…(7)
    month・moon
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