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    3. 焼け石に水

    焼け石に水

    焼やけ​石いしに​水みず

    a drop in the bucket

    NTExpressionsNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab27 strokes

    やけいしにみず

    Expressions

    1.
    a drop in the bucket, a drop in the ocean, pointless exercise, waste of time, (something that is) too little, too late, (pouring) water on a hot stone
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    焼
    や.く・や.き・や.き-・-や.き・や.ける…(3)
    bake・burning
    Kanji
    石
    いし…(9)
    stone
    Kanji
    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
    Kanji
    け
    ke
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
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